Head Chef

About the Role

Shift Details: 7 AM - 5:30 PM

As Head Chef at Avery Healthcare, you will lead and manage a culinary team to deliver nutritionally balanced, high‑quality meals to residents while staying within budget. Your responsibilities include preparing modified diets that meet IDDSI guidelines, placing food orders with approved suppliers, maintaining stock levels, supervising kitchen staff, and promoting safe systems of work. You will live the values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all your actions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare modified diets that are appealing and well‑balanced, following IDDSI guidance.
• Place food orders in accordance with procedure, maintaining appropriate stock levels and controlling costs.
• Supervise and direct kitchen staff and the host team, instructing and demonstrating food preparation to unqualified staff.
• Practice safe systems of work, assessing ri...