Job Description

• Have food allergy awareness, they have dairy free, IDDSI pureed and minced and moist diets.
• To involve the people, they support in menu planning.
• To control stocks and purchases, thereby allocating quantity of materials.
• Order food and accepting deliveries.
• To keep all purchases within allocated budget.
• To ensure that all food is used within the required period with particular attention being made to perishable goods.
• To undertake and maintain high standards of hygiene and Cleaning ensuring kitchen, food preparation and food stores are always clean by using a cleaning schedule and recording when completed.
• To ensure all equipment is maintained to Health and Safety Standards and report any problems to the Management Team immediately.
• To ensure that disposal of waste complies with Health and Safety Regulations.
• To report to the Management Team any problems with staff that may detract from the efficient running of the kitchen.
• To ensure that you are responsible for follow Policies, Procedures, and all legislation.
• To Supervise and direct the kitchen assistant.
• To ensure that you and staff you are responsible have up to date training and notify the Senior Management Team of any Training needs.
• To support/train new staff in the role they are employed.
• To notify Management of any sickness of self or staff as soon as possible.
• To undertake any reasonable request from the Senior Management Team

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities