Blue Arrow are recruiting for an experienced Chef to take on a permanent role with our client in the Erdington area of Birmingham.
Based predominantly in their newly opened site, your main duties and responsibilities will include:
Food Preparation
1. Create menus and meals to reflect the diversity of our patients, identifying allergens and costings for each recipe provided to ensure consistency and compliance.
2. Source high quality ingredients within budgetary constraints.
3. Plan and produce food and menus in line with IDDSI standards, ensuring that food looks and tastes appetising, that dietary requirement options are well catered for, including plant based, food intolerances/allergens and cultural requirements, and ensuring that quality and considerate service is achieved by accommodating patient's food preferences (likes and dislikes).
4. Ensure that meals are delivered and served appropriately, in a safe and clean environment. including temperature of meals and with relevant portion sizes to meet patient appetites.
5. Monitor stock levels, ensure appropriate rotation of stock.
6. Monitor and implement methods to reduce waste and ensure cost efficiencies are followed.
7. Safely use equipment within the kitchen, ensuring that the equipment is used in line with safety and user guidance and well maintained.
8. Ensure the highest standards of food hygiene, kitchen hygie...