Qualified Chef

CHEF | Permanent Full Time | Kellyville 

Make a difference with us

About BaptistCare Gracewood Centre

Located in the heart of the Hills district, The Gracewood Centre is a brand-new aged care centre in Kellyville featuring convenient onsite amenities including a café, landscaped gardens and a chapel. The facility offers 96 general care rooms and 32 secure dementia care rooms with built in ceiling hoists.

As a purpose-built facility, the latest technology has been included to ensure residents are well looked after. Our team of professional staff are dedicated to delivering the best possible care to residents. The Gracewood Centre is an integral part of the wider community and is co-located on site with a Social Club, Home Care and Retirement Living.

About the role

Reporting to the Chef Manager, your role is to cook and create quality and nutritious meals for our residents. You will lead and manage staff and resources efficiently to deliver the highest quality and safety in food services.

Mealtimes are very important to our residents, often a time they look forward to so continuous improvement in the meals we offer is vital. You will need to speak directly to our residents, gaining their feedback and making adjustments as required.

Duties include:

• Commercial cooking operations
• High quantity daily cooking for our residents
• Stock control, preparing menus and adhering to a set budget
• Ensuring high quality presentation of all meals to residents
• Management of the facility Café 

About you:

•A Qualification in Commercial Cookery, Certificate III of Proficiency, or other recognised certification such as armed forces qualifications.

•At least 5 years’ Chef experience post completion of apprenticeship in a large catering or multi-outlet environment.

•Demonstrated application of knowledge of HACCP, FSANZ and NSW Food Authority standards and principles.
 
•Demonstrated ability utilising effective oral and written communications skills.
 
•Demonstrated ability to work effectively unsupervised

Culture:

BaptistCare is a leading for-purpose Christian-based care organisation that supports thousands of people across more than 100 locations in NSW, ACT and WA. From humble beginnings in 1944, BaptistCare has grown into one of the nation’s most respected care and community services providers. We create strong and caring communities and place people at the centre of all we do.

Benefits

• Salary packaging + meal and entertainment card available to eligible employees
• Real opportunities for career growth
• Access to in-house and online training programs
• Supportive, positive team environment
• Access to family friendly benefits like our wellness programs

If you’re a natural born leader who possesses strong communication, organisational and time management skills, we would love to hear from you.

Successful applicants will be subject to a variety of background checks including NDIS clearance

"As a leading not-for-profit Christian-based organisation, BaptistCare is committed to 'Transforming lives by expressing the love of Christ' through compassionate care and support, guided by our core values of love, respect, reliability, and empowerment."