Are you looking for a Chef role that offers you a great work-life balance? At St Leonard’s Hospice, we are recruiting for a passionate and food focussed full-time Chef to join our catering team.
Our Chefs provide consistent high-quality food for our patients and other key stakeholders at the Hospice and on a day-to-day basis, you will:
- Prepare, cook and serve meals
- Ensure allergies and special dietary requests are dealt with appropriately
- Deal with daily deliveries and stock rotation
- Comply with Food Safety regulations
To fulfil the Chef role, you will need:
- Experience of working operationally within a catering environment
- To maintain consistent food standards and presentation whilst prioritising a workload
- To be an effective team player
What’s in it for you:
- Shift enhancements when working on a weekend
- Generous annual leave entitlement of up to 41 days
- Attractive pension schemes
- Extensive employee discounts on shops, holidays and lifestyle choices and Blue Light Card discounts
- Opportunities to grow your skills and career
- Free onsite car parking
- Day shifts which allow you to have a great work/life balance
- A supportive and friendly working environment
This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week, 5 days over 7 working alternate weekends. The Catering team’s shift patterns are normally worked between 7.30am – 6.30pm (either an early or late, based on a 7.5 hour shift length), which allows our team to have a great work-life balance. The salary band for this role is £25,909 - £27,653 per annum.
To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. The closing date for this role is 11 October 2026. Interviews are available immediately and we reserve the right to withdraw this post at any time.
If you wish to discuss this role further, please contact the Hospice’s HR Team by email at hr@stleonardshospice.org.uk.
Chef in York employer: St Leonard's Hospice
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