Head Chef

Job Vacancy: Head Chef
Location: Bromley Park Care Home in Bromley, Kent BR3 5PA

Contracted hours: 30 hours (to include – every other weekend free, as applicable)

Work flexibility in accordance with your availability and the service requirements
(Hourly) rate of pay
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To be discussed at interview stage

Are you passionate about food? Do you like to get creative with ingredients and whip up dishes that provide both joy and a healthy balance of nutrition to those you are serving? Do you have exceptional leadership skills and the ability to inspire those around you to achieve amazing results? If so, this could be the next step you’ve been looking for.

As a Head Chef
, you will enjoy being part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at Bromley Park Care Home
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Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you’ll be responsible for providing high quality, attractive dishes for the people in our care with a range of special dietary and nutritional needs. Catering for large‑scale clientele in healthcare requires a driven, enthusiastic, and understanding individual.

Nellsar is committed to developing and training our staff to ensure high quality care is provided to our residents and the successful candidate will receive on‑going training and development with opportunities for progression within the Company, including apprenticeships for new and existing staff.

The Head Chef/Cook responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Prepare menus and agree them with residents and the manager, including any resident preferences, special diets and specific foods as needed.
• Prepare and serve all meals in a timely manner.
• Work with fresh produce to deliver high quality and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and standards.
• Work within budget, manage stock control.
• Complete regular audits and associated action plans.
• Recruit and retain, lead, motivate, inspire and develop the catering team.

For more information on the role and to see the job description and person specification, please visit –

• Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• Flexibility of work according to your personal availability
• Workplace pension
• ‘Refer a Friend’ payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for by the company on completion of six months employment
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• 5.6 weeks annual leave
• Working in a supportive team
• The opportunity to help your team develop
• Free 24‑hour access to confidential employee support helpline
• Nellsar work uniforms

If you would like to obtain more details about this exciting role, please contact Bromley Park Care Home at: .

Nellsar has been a family‑run Company since 1988 and we provide exceptional care for residents across our group of 13 Care Homes in Kent, Surrey, and Essex. We consistently strive to achieve the highest standards of professional and person‑centred care, and we achieve this by promoting the wellbeing and development of our team members. Our values focus on the individual, creating an inclusive environment with both residents and our teams at the heart of what we do every day.

• We are passionate about making every day count and bringing colour and laughter to the people living in our home, their visitors and the team supporting them.
• More information about Bromley Park Care Home is available here (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..
• You will be an important member of the Bromley Park family, who will support you to reach your goals and feel accomplished by enhancing other people’s quality of life.

Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates individual differences.

Thank you for considering the possibility of joining the Nellsar family, we are looking forward to welcoming you!