About the role
At Avery Healthcare, we are dedicated to supporting those who care for our residents. 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 that contributes to the overall well‑being of the residents and is achieved within budget.
Responsibilities
* Preparing modified diets that look appealing, are well-balanced and in accordance with IDDSI guidance.
* Supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, 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.
Qualifications
* Relevant catering qualification: City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent.
* 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.
Other requirements
* Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
About Avery
At Avery, we are one of the UK's leading providers of luxury elderly care homes, aiming to create meaningful experiences for residents and staff across our network of over 100 homes.
Legal statements
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.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
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