At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Sous Chef. Your focus as Sous Chef will be to support the head chef in leading a culinary team that provides a nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality culinary service, which contributes to the overall well-being of the residents and is achieved within budget.
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.
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.
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. 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. A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.