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Sous Chef - Brompton Barracks, Medway 40 hours per week 5 days out of 7 £34400 per annum We're recruiting an experienced and confident Sous Chef to join our large-scale catering operation at Medway. This is a high-profile role within a fast-paced Defence environment, ideal for a chef with a hotel or events background who thrives on volume, variety, and leading teams. You'll be working primarily in the Main Mess, with opportunities to support and cover across the wider operation when required. The Role As Sous Chef, you'll play a key leadership role within the kitchen, supporting the Head Chef and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations across a large, multi-kitchen site. You'll be hands-on, highly organised, and confident managing people, standards, and service at scale. Key Responsibilities • Oversee all kitchen operations in the absence of the Head Chef, • Lead from the front, ensuring high-quality food preparation and presentation across all kitchens, • Maintain and enforce food safety, hygiene, and Health & Safety standards, • Support service delivery for both main mess catering and functions, • Act as a positive role model, keeping kitchens organised, clean, and audit-ready, • Support recruitment activities including interviews, trials, an...

Are you looking for a new opportunity within a Care Setting? We are actively recruiting exceptional, caring individuals who want to join our team at Lake View Lodge, Halling! Crystal Care Collection are focused on making our homes not just luxury places for our residents to live, but also wonderful places for our team members to work. As a Bank Duty Chef, you will work in preparing all residents' meals, ensuring work is carried out in a safe and hygienic way, the kitchen is kept clean, meeting the Food Safety guidelines and the care homes own high standards in the absence of Head Chef/Sous Chef, as the duty chef in charge. Key Responsibilities • Take ownership of the preparation of varied, nutritious meals for the residents., • Help with the serving of meals for residents, be understanding of any specific food requirements and ensure everyone is treated with respect, dignity and given choice. • To understand and comply with statutory and legal requirements such as HACCP, Health & Safety, COSHH, Environmental Health, to maintain a safe environment throughout the home. • To clean and tidy all areas of the kitchen with the correct products following instruction and guidance contained in the cleaning schedules ensuring the care home is always cleaned to the highest standards. • Ensure that all kitchen equipment is in full, safe working order,

Head Chef – Honourable Pilot Cookhouse + Pub - Restaurant. Come and be a Head Chef at Honourable Pilot Cookhouse + Pub in Gillingham. Join our team at Honourable Pilot Cookhouse + Pub as a Head Chef, as part of the kitchen team cooking the dishes our guests love.

Head Chef | Spire Alexandra Hospital | Chatham | Full Time | Permanent Spire Alexandra Hospital is looking for an experienced Head Chef to lead our catering team and deliver high-quality, freshly prepared food within a busy hospital setting. You'll be responsible for the preparation and service of meals for patients, staff, consultants and visitors, ensuring consistently high standards of presentation, hygiene and customer service. Working across all areas of the kitchen, you'll support daily operations, special functions and tailored dietary requirements, while maintaining full compliance with food safety and health & safety standards. At Spire Alexandra Hospital, we offer a comprehensive range of treatments to patients in Medway and the surrounding areas of Kent and the Southeast. Our private hospital has two extensively equipped operating theatres, backed up by an extended recovery unit with 24-hour support. Duties and responsibilities: Prepare and serve hot and cold meals in line with corporate standards Maintain HACCP and health & safety compliance Support service across the staff restaurant and patient catering Assist with special functions and bespoke dietary needs Check deliveries and maintain accurate records Ensure a clean, safe and organised kitchen environment Work collaboratively with the wider catering teamWhat we're looking for: Experience in a busy, high-volume kitchen Healthcare or restaurant-style catering experience preferred Level 3 Food Safety qualification Strong communication and customer service skills Calm, organised and team-focused approachWhat we offer: 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays) Contributory pension Private medical insurance Life assurance Free onsite parking Access to Spire for You benefitsAbout us Spire Healthcare is one of the UK's leading private healthcare providers, committed to delivering excellent patient care and supporting our people to thrive