Site Manager- Avonlea, Taumaranui

Chef Manager, Taumarunui

- Aged Care Kitchen
- Hours of work negotiable
- Competitive remuneration

Do you have a passion for preparing and delivering excellent food service? Do you have the skills and the know-how to work in an aged care kitchen? Yes, then we want to hear from you.

Cater Plus is a locally owned and growing leader in the food service industry, operating in over 100 kitchens across New Zealand, and pleased to be the service provider for a 45-bed aged residential care home in Taumarunui.

We are currently seeking an experienced Chef Manager to lead our small kitchen team. Reporting to a Regional Operations Manager, you will be an experienced leader actively involved in the cooking and service of all meals, the day-to-day running of the kitchen including admin, and making our client and their resident’s smile! You will bring the best out in your team as you encourage and lead them to get the job done well.
To succeed you will need excellent time management and communication skills and pride yourself on producing consistent and delicious meals.

To be successful in this position you will need to be able to:
- Order, prepare, cook, and present wholesome, quality food
- Adapt menus to cater for varied dietary requirements
- Manage food and labour costs in line with budgets
- Communicate effectively any operational issues with manager and kitchen staff
- Demonstrate understanding of, and maintain New Zealand Food Control & safety regulations through our food safety program
- Maintain a clean, tidy, safe and hazard-free environment.
- Complete daily management tasks, including:
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o Recording relevant meals and uploading this information to our company portal
o Handling internal and external emails
o Preparing monthly health and safety reports
o Ordering food in accordance with cycle menus
o Understanding and managing daily resident dietary needs
o Overall management of rosters and timesheets
o Managing interpersonal relationships

The ideal candidate will:
- Have excellent culinary and baking skills
- Having a clear understanding of profit and loss
- Be proficient in Microsoft Word
- Be friendly and engaging, with a desire to be a productive and positive member of the team
- Be passionate about good food, and great service
- Have good time management skills, excellent communication, and a flexible/can-do, committed attitude


Cater Plus is a company that prides itself on top service and a next-level passion for food. Join our team, made up of over 700 individuals that live our values, and where our people are what truly make this company stand out from the rest. Learn more about our Cater Plus family at www.caterplus.co.nz/employment, apply online

Candidates applying must be New Zealand citizens/residents or eligible to work in New Zealand. Please specify your current status in your job application correspondence.