Regional Chef

As a Regional Chef at Athena Care Homes, you will be responsible for supporting the kitchen teams across our 7 care homes to provide an outstanding catering service to our residents.

Athena’s values of empathy, respect, and individualized care are at the heart of our dining experience. As Regional Chef, you’ll guide our chefs to engage with residents in the dining areas, ensuring top-quality service from kitchen to table.

About Athena Care Homes:
Athena Care Homes is an award winning, family-owned business operating seven residential nursing homes in East Anglia where care and compassion runs through to our very core. There is a shared vision across all of our specialist care homes: we strive to provide happy, safe and comfortable care to every resident.

At Athena we celebrate everyone as an individual. Whether that’s delivering authentic care, supporting our team to make moments for our residents and their loved ones, or whether that’s learning and growing together.

About the role:
Reporting to the Sales & Hospitality Manager, the Regional Chef will work closely with the Head Chefs and wider kitchen teams to support with the delivery of an exceptional dining service to our residents. This will include enhancing menus, exceeding food safety and hygiene standards and inspiring the teams to make an impact in the lives of our residents.  

Salary:
£40,000 per annum.

Shift Pattern:
37.5 hours per week, shifts between Monday to Sunday depending on the needs of the business.

Location:
This is a regional role and you will be working from any one of our 7 locations, and will be expected to travel to all locations in accordance with your role.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Leading and developing the kitchen teams to deliver an outstanding catering service.
• Review and develop good catering practices, including food safety and hygiene standards. You’ll lead dining checks across homes to support quality and regulatory compliance.
• Support the kitchen teams to promote choice and dignity to the residents of the home with the services we provide, and ensure the nutritional content of the meals provided cater for the dietary needs of all residents.
• Travel to all locations to provide support during periods of absences and annual leave.

Training, Skills & Experience Required:

• Experience as a multi-sited Head Chef is essential.
• Experience in a care environment is advantageous. 
• Proven track record for leading, empowering, supporting & motivating a team.
• Full UK driving license, access to a vehicle and the ability to travel between the locations listed above is essential.
• We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role, a valid right to work in the UK is required.

What we can offer:

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
• 28 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
• Professional growth is central at Athena. This role offers the chance to mentor, share best practices, and play a vital part in our commitment to exceptional resident care and dining experiences.
• Refer a friend scheme.

About Athena:
Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).

Our aim is to be the provider of choice for our residents and the employer of choice for our team members.

Our purpose is to create excellent quality homely environments with the highest standards of care, catering, housekeeping and activities.

We aim to enhance the lives of our residents and enable them to enjoy life to the full as individuals in happy, comfortable and safe surroundings.