The role of Sous Chef at Avery Healthcare's Alice Court Care Home in Eastbourne is focused on supporting the head chef in leading a culinary team that provides a nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality culinary service to the residents. The successful candidate will have relevant catering qualifications, at least 1 year of catering experience, and demonstrate compassion and commitment to delivering exceptional culinary services.
Main duties of the job
As a Sous Chef at Avery Healthcare's Alice Court Care Home, your responsibilities will include preparing modified diets that look appealing and are well-balanced, supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, and ensuring all food preparation meets the highest hygiene standards. You will also support the culinary team in understanding the Avery Food safety management system.
About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and employees, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. Avery is committed to building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Job responsibilities
* Preparing modified diets that look appealing and are well-balanced and in accordance with IDDSI guidance.
* Supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, as directed by the Head Chef, providing instruction and demonstration to unqualified staff on simple food preparation activities.
* Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure that all food preparation undertaken in the kitchen meets the highest hygiene standards.
* Supporting all culinary team members in fully understanding the Avery Food safety management system.
About you
To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.
* Hold a relevant catering qualification City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent.
* Have a minimum of 1 year of catering experience.
* Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality culinary services to residents.
* Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
About Avery
At Avery, we’re not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Please note this role will require:
* ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Person Specification
Qualifications and experience as outlined above.
Qualifications
* You must hold a relevant catering qualification, such as City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent, and have a minimum of 1 year of catering experience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.
Address
Avery Healthcare
Alice Court Care Home 29 Bedfordwell Road Eastbourne
Alice Court Care Home 29 Bedfordwell Road Eastbourne
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