Job Advertisement: Head Chef at Lindkullen Central Kitchen

Lilla Edet Municipality is one of the municipalities in the Gothenburg region, conveniently located along the Göta River with proximity to Gothenburg, Trollhättan, and Uddevalla. The good communications give us the opportunity to continue to grow and develop.

We are proud of our approximately 1,500 employees who work daily to create the best possible conditions for our more than 14,500 residents, our businesses, and for everyone who visits us. Here, we are close to each other, and thanks to our size, you have good opportunities to influence and develop our operations.

Here, you can also enjoy beautiful river environments, rich nature, and exciting traces of unique history. In Lilla Edet Municipality, we constantly work for increased quality of life and joy in everyday life, both for our residents and for you who choose to work with us.

Welcome to the pearl of the Göta River Valley - we do it together!

Description

Do you want to help brighten the day and contribute to the best possible quality of life for our care recipients?

We are looking for you to join Lindkullen Central Kitchen, who with great joy for cooking and service wants to play an active role in contributing to the best dining experience for our guests.

In our kitchen, we prepare and deliver dinner and evening meals as well as food supplies to the municipality's three special accommodations. We also prepare and deliver dinner and food supplies to various daily activities and LSS. In our newly renovated and functional kitchen, there are currently 8 people working, including 1 head chef, 3 chefs, and 4 meal assistants.

As a head chef with us, you will be responsible for daily production by planning, leading, and distributing work in the kitchen while actively participating in all tasks and cooking. Through clear leadership and great humility, you support and utilize the employees' skills and contribute to the development of the workgroup while working with group dynamics and conflict management. As a team leader, you play a key role both in your own kitchen and as a contact person for our receiving units.

You collaborate and communicate with our customers to ensure a high level of service. You believe that food is enjoyment and that it should be well-prepared from scratch and reflect our celebrations. Special care is taken with the texture-adjusted food to make it as appetizing as possible. Together with the chef and colleagues, you develop the operations to ensure we always do what is best for our guests.

There are great opportunities to be creative and further develop in your role as head chef with us. It should be fun to go to work, and we are looking for someone with good social skills who can bring joy and motivation and has the desire to deliver really good food and service together with us!

The working hours are scheduled Monday to Friday, straight weeks (including public holidays) with a full-time measure of 38.25 hours.

Responsibilities

• Leadership function with responsibility for, and active participation in daily operations including cooking in the kitchen
• Main responsibility for purchasing within economic frameworks
• Self-control according to HACCP and quality assurance of meals
• Collaboration and contact with our customers and partners
• Scheduling in the Multi Access system
• In collaboration with the substitute procurement officer, solve staffing with consideration to the food unit as a whole
• User and responsible for maintenance and work in the food data system Matilda
• Menu planning and development of methods and recipes together with the chef group and manager

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a head chef education or other training that the employer deems relevant. You have several years of experience as a chef and good knowledge of Swedish home cooking as well as several years of experience in leading groups within restaurants or large kitchens.

You see no obstacles and always ensure that our customers feel they have received a good reception and the best service, preferably with that little extra. You create situations where new ideas and suggestions can develop. You have the ability to drive the business forward and motivate your colleagues towards improvement and innovation, handling concerns and feedback regarding change constructively within your group.

We are looking for someone who is structured and solution-oriented. You are good at planning and organizing, but also at creating good relationships with colleagues and others you meet in your work. The position involves a lot of communication, both verbally and in writing, with both employees and customers, and therefore requires that you can express yourself well in the Swedish language.

You are confident in your role and act independently based on what the situation requires. You have the ability to make independent decisions within the framework of your assignment. The position requires that you are very flexible and adapt your work according to the current situation to solve daily tasks.

You take responsibility for your own and shared tasks with the best interests of the organization and the entire food unit in focus. As a head chef, you work in several IT systems, and you need to be able to support employees in our various systems, which requires good computer skills. You have good experience working with food data systems as our menu planning, operations, and sales occur through the food data program Matilda. We want you to have previous experience in planning and purchasing goods as well as a sound economic mindset. You should also have good knowledge of and have worked with self-control programs.

It is an advantage if you have experience working in public large kitchens within care. It is also a plus if you have a driver's license.

- We review all applications and call for interviews on an ongoing basis.

- A probationary period may be applied in this recruitment.

Warm welcome with your application!