Job title: Chef Manager
Contract: Permanent
Hours: hours across Friday, Saturday, Sunday – 2pm
Salary: £11, - £12, per annum
Location: Onsite at Charles Clore Court,
Reading, Berkshire RG30 3NT
About A2Dominion
We are a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in. With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable, and private rent, specialist services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.
About the role
As the Chef Manager at Charles Clore Court, you will be responsible for leadingand delivering a first-class end to end Catering service to the scheme, which
accounts 47 self-contained apartments for residents aged 55+.
Being both hands on with preparation and cooking to ownership of the ‘back
office’ compliance, administration and audits, this rewarding opportunity will
be working with a fun, dedicated team of colleagues consisting of a Kitchen
Assistant, Restaurant Service Assistant, Weekend Cook/Chef and Weekend Kitchen
Assistant, to deliver excellence for our residents.
Key Responsibilities:
* Preparation, cooking and serving of meals, meeting Company and Environmental
Health Standards. Taking responsibility for particular dietary and cultural
needs, cooking specific meals as per the resident food profile so that
resident’s preferences are met
* Complete all menu tick sheets, cleaning records and handover sheets daily,
recording meals sold and reporting resident feedback to Catering Manager
* Issuing of resident catering invoices, responding to resident and queries
regarding payments and accrued arrears
* Carry out Health & Safety & Food Hygiene standards checks as directed
by A2Dominion catering standards and that all practices meet the statutory
regulations, including the Registered Homes Act 1984, and A2Dominions Health
& Safety policy
* Take responsibility for preparing and responding to inspections and audits by
external authorities and other bodies and fulfilling reporting requirements
* Lead and support a small, fun dedicated team of colleagues, allocating duties
and checking work is completed in timely manner. Taking responsibility for
managing their recruitment, probation, development, absence, staff behaviours
and employment lifecycle
* Ownership of ordering, stock control, deliveries, agency workers time keeping
and maintain the standards set by the Catering ManagerMore about you
We want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in
improving people’s lives:
* Ideally you will have a Catering/Cooking qualification and/or experience
working in a Care and Support environment, or cooking experience for large
volumes of people
* Excellent time management and organisational skills in running a smooth,
effective catering service for our residents
* Have a passion for leading a team, whether you have prior experience or
looking to take the next step in your career.
* Comfortable in taking ownership of the 'back office' administration and
documentation using basic Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, Teams, Outlook)
* Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
* Able to commute to the housing scheme in Tilehurst, Berkshire, RG30 3NT
Why A2Dominion?
As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:
* 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays)
* Up to 8% contributory pension
* In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.
Diversity & Inclusion
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, and we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the process - just contact our Resourcing Team at
We know some people hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every requirement. If that’s you, we encourage you to apply if your skills and experience align – please get in touch with us to talk it through.
At A2Dominion, we value diversity, embrace flexibility, and are a family-friendly employer. Everyone belongs here. Join us and help make a lasting difference in the lives of our customers.
This Vacancy is being managed by Hollie Furness –
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