Overview
As a Sous Chef at Avery Healthcare, you will be supporting the Head Chef in leading a culinary team that provides a nutritionally balanced, high-quality culinary service for residents. This is a caring, supportive environment where you can make a positive impact on residents’ lives every day.
Responsibilities
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. Other responsibilities will include:
* 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 / Qualifications
To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do. Our ideal candidate must:
* 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 are one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With a vision of “creating meaningful lives together,” we 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.
Details
Date posted: 28 August 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £13.50 an hour
Contract: Bank
Working pattern: Flexible working
Reference number: 1371317404
Job locations: Avery Healthcare, Braintree, CM7 5SE
Requirements
* ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
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