Chef - Ashbury Heights Rest Home - Whangarei

Working 40 hours/5 days across a 7 day week

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, reliable and experienced Chef who has a passion for food and is keen to take the next step in their career by joining our team.

Cater Plus is the proud service provider for the new Ashbury Heights Rest Home in Whangarei. We are committed to providing high quality meals that are produced fresh everyday. To make this happen, we need a motivated Chef who is passionate about food and excellent service.

To be successful in this role you need to be able to multitask, have a friendly disposition and show good communication skills in order to interact with care staff and residents. Reliability will rate as one of your key attributes. We require experience in a rest home or lifestyle village environment.

You will be involved in all aspects of food preparation and service, along with a commitment to maintaining our food safety programme.

Reporting to the Site Manager, The Chef position will require a minimum of 4 years’ relevant experience.

Responsible for:
• Preparing, cooking and serving wholesome food in an aged-care setting including morning and afternoon teas and lunches
• patient and staff menu design and implementation including special dietary requirements
• monitor quality of food at all stages of preparation and presentation,
• maintain a clean, tidy, safe and hazard free environment,
• work at a high level without supervision

Other conditions for this role:
• Police vetting is a requirement for this role.

Who we are:
Cater Plus is a food service company that is big enough to deliver, but small enough to care. Cater Plus is a company that prides itself on excellent service. Join our team, made up of over 600 individuals that live our values, and where people are what truly make this company stand out from the rest.

If this sounds like your next opportunity, please apply now.

The candidates applying must be New Zealand citizens/residents or eligible to work in New Zealand. Please specify your current status in your job application correspondence.