Kitchen Manager for new nursing home kitchen – responsible for purchasing, coordination and menu planning

Would you like to help shape the framework in a completely new kitchen and ensure tasty, nutritionally correct meals for elderly citizens?

We are looking for a professionally strong and structured kitchen manager who will play a key role in the development and operation of our new care home kitchen. You will lead coordination, procurement and menu planning – and at the same time be an active part of the daily work in the kitchen together with your colleagues in the kitchen.

Om køkkenet The kitchen is a central part of our new care home and will serve meals to 7 houses with 10-12 residents in each. The production mainly consists of refrigerated production, where the food is prepared and distributed to the houses on the same site. The kitchen also handles meeting catering and participates in cooking for internal events.

Dine opgaver As the kitchen manager you will be responsible for both operational tasks and planning:

Drift og koordinering • Planning of daily operations and coordination between you and your colleagues in the kitchen.

• Overall responsibility for menu planning in collaboration with staff and residents in the houses
• Purchasing, ordering and inventory management
• Ensure that the kitchen's tasks are carried out with high professional quality and with a focus on residents' needs

Køkkenproduktion • Preparation and serving of lunch and dinner meals

• Production and handling of texture-modified meals and special diets
• Preparation of nutritious meals from scratch for elderly residents with different needs
• Distribution and transport of meals to the houses via an electric refrigerated cart
• Catering for meetings and events

Kvalitet og dokumentation • Self-monitoring and registration in eSmiley

• Focus on nutrition for the elderly, including those who eat little and diets

Om dig We are looking for a kitchen manager who

• Is educated as a chef or has a professional bachelor in nutrition and health
• Has solid experience with texture-modified meals, special diets and food for the elderly
• Has experience with menu planning, purchasing and operations in a production kitchen
• Works in a structured, quality-conscious way and thrives in a coordinating role
• Is passionate about creating meals that promote well-being, appetite and quality of life
• Is smiling, approachable and good at collaborating
• Respects residents' participation in accordance with the Elderly Act

We offer

• A central role in the building of a completely new kitchen
• Opportunity to make your professional mark on the food concept, workflows and quality
• A daily life with great variation and close contact with colleagues, residents and relatives
• Good opportunities for professional development – particularly within nutrition for the elderly and special diets
• An environment characterized by a joy of food, homeliness and respect for the individual

Om stillingen • 37 hours per week

• Working hours between 06:00 and 15:00
• Weekend work approx. every 3rd weekend
• Salary and employment terms according to the applicable collective agreement

Lejre Municipality is a community of 49 small towns and villages. Here live just under 30,000 people, and more are still coming. As a municipality, we work to create a good rural life, now and for future generations. It is about incorporating nature into everything we do. To find solutions in collaboration and communities, and to create spaces where citizens, associations and businesses can unfold.

We have around 2000 employees in total, who work to create welfare in close cooperation with all those whom the effort affects.

That is why we call Lejre Municipality Our Place.

In Lejre Municipality there is a smoke-free working environment.

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