Head Chef Permanent Harlow Up to £32,602 per annum Spinwell is recruiting for a Head Chef for an excellent opportunity within the public sector. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HEAD CHEF The Head Chef is responsible for the day-to-day management of the kitchen operations at the Hospital. This includes: Leading food production and preparation for patients, staff, and visitors. Supervising and managing the kitchen team, including catering assistants and chefs. Ensuring compliance with food safety standards, hygiene regulations (HACCP), and Trust policies. Developing menus that meet dietary requirements, including special dietary needs. Managing stock control, ordering, and cost efficiency to optimise productivity. Working closely with the Chef Manager and Facilities Team to improve catering services, automate processes, and ensure high-quality meal service delivery. Upholding customer service excellence, ensuring meals are nutritious, safe, and prepared to the highest standards. This role requires an innovative and proactive approach to managing the catering service, ensuring operational effectiveness while maintaining a strong focus on patient experience and staff well-being. As part of this role, the post holder will be required to participate in an on-call rota, holding the on-call phone one week in every five. This responsibility includes providing initial support for urgent operational issues, escalating concerns where necessary, and ensuring service continuity outside of standard working hours. SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE HEAD CHEF 3 GCSE or equivalent NVQ level 2 or equivalent in catering Culinary service, hospitality, restaurant or large retail environment Working with basic PC, printers and scanners Experience working with large team Basic management skills, timesheets and rota Ability to follow instructions and use initiative within sphere of responsibility Basic IT and accurate key board skills Culinary experience either from a similar health care setting at a minimum of 3 years as chef or having similar background from a large hotel/restaurant or conference centre at Chef-de-partie level for minimum 3 years, serving minimum 250 covers. Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs Good previous attendance record Professional appearance and behaviour Tactful, diplomatic and conscientious Ability to use own initiative If you are a Head Chef, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell! We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion. Applying to this or any other vacancy advertised by Spinwell Ltd constitutes an agreement for Spinwell Ltd to hold your details for 24 months for the purpose of assessing suitability for the advertised position and to make you aware of any other positions deemed suitable of which You will make you aware by means of either email, text or phone. In line with GDPR regulations you are able to request your details be removed from the company data at any time by emailing us About You Not Specified About Us