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Care Home Chef

United Kingdom, Glasgow Employment contract 13.00 GBP / Hour · Job Posted June 29, 2026
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Ready for a Chef role that lets you be creative? If so, join us as a Chef working alongside a dedicated catering team. Become a crucial part of the home team working 20 hours a week, crafting daily meals for our Residents, Staff and Visitors. Dive into food preparation and elevate your role by providing great service. Here's the exciting part- our calendar is buzzing with activities, events and special occasions which you'll also cater for. From World Food Day to festive moments like Christmas and Easter, you get to add your own flair and keep things exciting, we have four weekly themed events as well as Resident choice menus. It's a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you'll be able to manage your workload and enjoy creating delicious meals. There's a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly. Just imagine… Great Job Satisfaction, home in time for dinner every night and two days off a week (If you are working full time). Now that's a great work life balance combination.

Job Responsibility

  • Responsible for the day-to-day running of the kitchen
  • Maintaining good food storage procedures and stock rotation according to established procedures
  • Preparing, planning and cooking meals to a consistently high standard, taking account of any special requests or dietary requirements within the unit
  • Serving Residents, Staff and Visitors with food and beverage in a professional and courteous services manner
  • Preparing and producing foods for events
  • Participating in food costings through effective cost control procedures
  • Adhering to the 'Safer Food Better Business' standards and record keeping
  • Adhering to Food Hygiene Regulations and other safety procedures at all times
  • Taking full shift responsibility for the catering operation
  • Help to create new menus ensuring meals are of a high quality
  • Correctly filing of all paperwork in relation to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system (HACCP) i.e. Fridge temperatures, food temperature logs and cleaning schedules

Requirements

  • To be 18 years or older
  • GCSE or equivalent English
  • City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation Cooking
  • Basic Food Hygiene (essential)
  • Intermediate Food hygiene (desirable)
  • Previous experience in a similar environment
  • Menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control and budget experience

Nice to have

Intermediate Food hygiene

What we offer

  • Hourly Rate of £13ph
  • The equivalent of 5.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays
  • Free parking
  • Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
  • Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
  • Pension contribution to secure your future.(Optional)
  • retail discounts
  • special offers

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