About the role
Job Description
Responsibilities:
* Lead your catering team in providing a cooked from fresh daily food offer for residents and patients * oversee all aspects of kitchen management, daily due diligence and staff management * Effectively manage the catering budget * Prepare meals to the highest possible standards, using fresh ingredients, and presented with love and care. * Provide daily breakfast, lunch, and evening meals. * Keep up to date with the menus and what food is on offer. * Ensure that COSHH, food safety, and health and safety legislation are followed.
Qualifications
As our Cook You Will...
* Be experienced, creative, and passionate about cooking with fresh produce. * Be an effective team worker. * Possess excellent culinary skills and be up to date with current food trends. * Have knowledge of the IDDSI framework, though full training will be provided * Be comfortable engaging with vulnerable adults and their relatives. * Have excellent communication and people skills. * An NVQ level 2 or equivalent is desirable but not essential * Have completed Health & Safety and Food Safety Training * Please note Signature Dining do not currently offer sponsorship
Additional Information
The Benefits of Working With Signature Dining
* Working with a fast growing, reputable caterer * Structured career development opportunities * Sociable working hours * 28 Days annual leave * Pension scheme * Refer a Friend scheme * Staff wellbeing programme and mental health support
About Signature Dining
Signature Dining are a leading contract caterer working exclusively in the care and palliative care sectors. We provide high quality, bespoke catering services to a range of clients and pride ourselves on our personal approach and collaboration with our clients to meet the needs of our diners. We are committed to serving nutritious, freshly prepared, home cooked meals using the finest quality seasonal ingredients, all presented with love and flair.
We are a vibrant, multi award-winning team of passionate individuals, dedicated to providing the very best standard of service.
Signature Dining are committed to developing a genuinely inclusive workforce where we embrace the differences of all of our colleagues and celebrate diversity. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, religion, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or disability status.
Signature Dining follow safer recruitment procedures. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS disclosure (the cost of which will be met by the employer)