Chef

Chef – Clacton on sea

Job Type : Permanent, Contract, Temporary, Full Time

Salary : £28000/annum

We have an exciting opening for an experienced Chef! are you a chef who enjoys cooking and wants a better work/life balance? Have evenings to yourself and work 5 days a week without being under heavy pressure or stress, while working with fresh seasonal ingredients.

You’ll be preparing and freshly cooking nutritious meals at scale for service users, staff and visitors – breakfast, lunch and dinner. This includes catering for individual’s needs and dietary requirements.

There are also regular activities, events and special occasions throughout the year which you’ll get to cater for – world food day, Christmas, Easter, family day etc. In other words, plenty of chance to be creative and do something different.

You and your fellow two other chefs will report to and work closely with the Head Chef, with support from Catering Assistants to run the kitchen to hotel/restaurant standards.

This is a social role where, as well as your catering colleagues, you’ll get to engage with the 150+ staff and up to 42 service users every day as you serve your fresh and delicious dishes.

Your responsibilities will include:

* Prepare and cook meals in accordance with our Safe Catering policies and procedures.

* Food ordering and maintaining required food stock levels

* Keep stockholding area hygienic, clear of obstructions, presentable and tidy at all times.

* Ensure food safety and departmental HACCP policies are adhered to at all times.

* Keep up-to-date with departmental COSHH manual and PPE requirement for each food preparation and cleaning task.

* Reduce food waste to gain greater value for money.

* Responding to routine enquiries from colleagues and service users.

To be a Successful Chef you will need:

* NVQ2 or equivalent or Qualified by Experience in Catering together with a basic qualification in food hygiene

* Able to work efficiently under pressure.

* Creative flair and a passion for cooking.