Second Chef (Sous Chef)
From £17.00 up to £18.50 per hour
42 hours per week, including alternate weekends (includes paid breaks).
**At Colten Care we are proud to offer career development opportunities, and a range of pay enhancements across our roles. Contact us to find out more**
We're searching for an experienced, passionate and well-rounded Second Chef to join our team at Wellington Grange in Chichester, West Sussex.
Main Responsibilities:
- Prepare from local fresh produce a variety of home cooked meals including a selection of fresh cakes
- Provide tasty nutritionally balanced meals across the various mealtimes
- Seek feedback from residents
- Take a lead role in the absence of the Head Chef.
- Ensure a safe, hygienic working environment by following Health and Safety and Food Hygiene regulations.
Benefits:
- Shifts finish at 6:30pm
- Paid breaks (hourly rate)
- Annual pay review
That’s not all! - Our shifts finish at 6:30pm so if you’re looking for a better work-life balance, we’d love to hear from you!
In our well-equipped professional kitchen with modern appliances, you’ll support the Head Chef, crafting meals that reflect the comforting flavours of home using locally sourced ingredients. You’ll engage with residents to create wholesome, balanced meals that enhance their well-being and tantalise their tastebuds. In the Head Chef’s absence, you’ll take the lead, guiding kitchen and waiting staff by example, ensuring high standards are maintained and making a positive impact on the lives of our residents.
About You
You’ll have a genuine passion for creating an exceptional resident dining experience. You’ll be a natural communicator, a team player with a can-do attitude and a sense of fun.
You’ll take pride in understanding our residents’ needs and assisting them through a unique and exciting food journey, building lasting relationships along the way.
You’ll have qualified to City & Guilds 706 1/2 or NVQ Level 3 in Catering / Cookery and have previous experience in a similar role.
About Colten Care
We’re an award-winning, family-owned, independent care home group, with an outstanding reputation in the industry. This is due to our amazing people and our focus on keeping the resident at the heart of everything we do.
We strive to be the best we can hence why all 21 of our nursing homes are rated at least good and 7 are outstanding by the CQC, our national regulator.
If a career in elderly care is for you then you want to be part of the team at Colten Care.
Additional Benefits:
- Uniform provided
- Excellent inductions, training and ‘on the job’ support
- Real career progression opportunities
- Additional hours / overtime opportunities to suit your circumstances.
- Choice of hot or cold meals and drinks on duty
- Contributory pension scheme
- Department
- Catering
- Role
- Second Chef
- Locations
- Wellington Grange
- Hourly salary
- 17 - 18.5
- Number of Positions
- 1
- Job Types
- Catering
- Contract Type
- Full Time
- Contract Details
- Permanent
- Working Hours
- 42 hours per week (includes paid breaks).
- Closing Date
- 24 July, 2025
- Pay Rates
- From £17.00 up to £18.50 per hour
- Site
- Wellington Grange
- Location
- Chichester, West Sussex
About Colten Care
Colten Care is a family-owned, independent, award-winning care home provider founded in Lymington in 1981. We provide nursing, residential and dementia care with a difference, and in more than 40 years in the industry, we’ve built an outstanding reputation thanks to our amazing people and our focus on keeping residents at the heart of all we do.