Retail Catering Chef (Epsom)

Job overview

The chef role has overall responsibility for smooth operation of food production, presentation and service while maximising customers and patients appeal and exceeding Trusts, patients and customers’ expectations in the restaurant and food outlets at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

This role is expected to ensure that all policies and procedures are strictly adhered to in the day-to-day operation of food service to all customers and patients and to ensure that a high quality, food safety and cost-effective service are achieved at all times.

*** Please note this opportunity is NOT Agenda For Change and terms & conditions vary from Agenda for Change***

Main duties of the job

• To plan and write menus for theme days, special offers to provide adequate information to all customers and patients. Overall responsibility for ensuring that food and beverages are nutritious and appetising and the food must meet the hospital catering retail standards in conjunction with standard recipes via internal catering software, Saffron, which will enable you to edit the allergen information if a product is substituted used in the original recipe.
• You are required to attend the Food Safety and Food Allergen Management Training to be compliant with the Food Safety and Natasha’ Law in food preparation environment.
• To ensure food is correctly and safely prepared and stored, at the correct legal temperatures, in line with the HACCP regulations and to ensure compliance with all Food Safety requirements with corrective use of the COSHH procedures in a food preparation environment. Ensure food is prepared and stored correctly to minimise waste. To understand and adhere to proper food handling, safety and sanitation standards during food preparation service and clean up.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Knowledgeable about allergens and cultural needs including for example gluten free, low fat, halal, vegetarian, vegan diet
• Demonstrate strong financial acumen through correct menu planning and costing to deliver Trust finance expectations
• Excellent verbal and written communication and people skills, strong negotiation skills to support them in their role.
• Fully capable of understanding and maintaining the confidentiality across the site and respecting the needs of all stakeholders.
• Works well under pressure to meet the challenging deadlines for both operational and people aspects of their roles.
• Strong creativity skills with an ability to think beyond their processes and procedures with a passion for driving high standards within their environment.
• Customer focused and excellent interaction skills with customers and team members
• Set an example by being professional always and demonstrates product knowledge when enquiries are made
• Can effectively plan and manage own workloads, however understands when to ask for support when needed
• Upholds and reflects the vision and values of the Trust in all actions and behaviours
• Ability to learn new skills
• Excellent timekeeping
• Excellent numeracy skills to understand principles of stock take and stock control

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.