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Be ready to describe safe catering for older adults, how you handle special diets and complaints about food quality, kitchen team leadership under staffing pressure, and how you work with care staff on resident wellbeing. Ask about this home’s kitchen size, dietary caseload and supplier setup.
Strong fit if you want hands-on Head Chef leadership in residential care for a major UK provider, on-site in Cawthorpe, Bourne (not remote). Weaker fit if you prefer fine dining, high-volume hotels, or fully corporate non-kitchen roles.
As Head Chef in a Barchester care home at Cawthorpe, Bourne, you lead kitchen planning for residents’ daily meals—menus that balance nutrition, texture-modified needs, allergies and preference—then supervise prep, service and hygiene. Expect close work with care and catering teams, stock and supplier control, and keeping standards fit for a regulated care setting rather than a high-street restaurant.
Priority skills: care-home catering (modified diets, food safety, allergen control), team leadership, menu costing/ordering, and CQC-aware kitchen practice. No certification list or costs were supplied for this listing.
No—the listing is on-site in Cawthorpe, Bourne (remote flag 0).
It is a UK care-home provider founded in 1992, operating hundreds of nursing homes and thousands of beds nationwide.
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Website: barchester.com
Barchester Healthcare is a care provider in the United Kingdom set up in 1992. As of October 2025, the company operates 223 nursing homes and 14,500 hospital beds across the UK, predominantly in London and the southeast of England. It employs 16,250 people with its head office located in Finsbury Square, London. It also has offices in Berkhamsted, Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes, Wiltshire and Inverness Barchester Healthcare is considered one of the 'Big 5' UK later life care providers. It has over 13,000 beds available, and is third in terms of bed capacity behind HC-One and Fo…
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Head Chef - Care Home at Barchester Healthcare in Cawthorpe, Bourne The Opportunity Barchester Healthcare is seeking a passionate and qualified Head Chef to join our team. This role offers the opportunity to work with a company driven by quality and high standards, providing you with a better work-life balance. You will be responsible for overseeing all culinary operations within the care home, ensuring that residents enjoy nutritious and delicious meals every day. Core Duties Develop and implement menus in line with nutritional guidelines and resident preferences Supervise kitchen staff to ensure efficient and safe food preparation Manage inventory, ordering supplies, and maintaining a clean and organized workspace Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations Contribute to the overall quality of care by enhancing residents' dining experience Qualifications To be successful in this role, you must: HAVE a relevant culinary qualification or equivalent industry experience BE able to work across 4/5 days a week with working days and alternate weekends only HAVE excellent communication skills and the ability to lead a team effectively KNOW how to manage budgets and resources efficiently in a care home setting Working at Barchester Healthcare Your benefits include: A rewarding work environment where you can make a difference every day The potential for an Excellence bonus, up to £500* for achieving Good or Outstanding CQC inspections Opportunities for personal and professional development within the organization Ready to Apply? To apply, complete your application directly on this page, or you'll be redirected to the employer's application platform to finish submitting there.
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