Chef

Chef, Mainiokoti Heleäharju, Seinäjoki Come and build the food culture and feeling of home at Mainiokoti Heleäharju in Seinäjoki with us! We are looking for a chef for a permanent, full-time position at the new Mainiokoti Heleäharju, which will open in early 2027. At Heleäharju, food is an important part of good everyday life, wellbeing and the feeling of being at home. We are looking for a chef who wants to prepare tasty and nutritious home-style food for older people and help build the operations of our new production kitchen from the beginning. Where will you work? Mainiokoti Heleäharju is a new 52-place round-the-clock residential care home for older people in the Piiri area of Seinäjoki. Our home has its own production kitchen, where food is prepared close to residents and as part of their daily lives. In addition to care staff, our work community includes a physiotherapist and food-service and cleaning professionals. Good food, adequate nutrition and pleasant mealtimes are an important part of our residents’ good life. What will you do? As chef, you will be responsible for the daily operation of Heleäharju’s production kitchen and for tasty, nutritious and safe food for our residents. You will plan and prepare meals yourself from scratch. In addition to lunch and dinner, your duties include other meals of the day and baking. Your duties include: - Planning, preparing and presenting meals - Taking special diets and individual nutritional needs into account - Ordering ingredients and managing stock - Monitoring waste and working cost-effectively - Kitchen self-monitoring - Kitchen cleaning and dishwashing - Working with care staff to support residents’ nutrition We hope food at Heleäharju will also be an experience: inviting aromas, beautiful table settings, shared mealtimes and attention to residents’ own wishes. Since Heleäharju is a new home, you will also be able to influence how the new kitchen’s practices and food culture take shape. Who are you? You are a food-service professional who enjoys preparing good home-style food and wants to do work that matters in our residents’ everyday lives. You have a basic vocational qualification as a chef and relevant skills for the role, as well as a valid hygiene passport. You know how to take special diets, nutritional needs, seasons and minimising waste into account. You work systematically and independently, while also enjoying collaboration with the rest of the work community. We also hope you enjoy spending time with older people and are ready to listen to their food wishes and preferences. Finnish is our working language. The chef role requires Finnish skills at least at B1 level or equivalent, and a commitment to maintaining and developing your language skills. Previous experience in food services for older people, preparing special diets and knowledge related to older people’s nutrition are considered an advantage. Why work with us? As chef at Heleäharju, you will not be joining an established kitchen to follow practices created by others. Instead, you will help create the operations of our production kitchen from the start. You will be able to use your professional skills in a varied way and influence the development of Heleäharju’s food culture. For us, good food means not only nutrition, but also flavour, familiar dishes, residents’ wishes and shared moments. We want a work community that values the skills of different professional groups and works together toward a common goal: ensuring residents feel well and have a good life. As a Mehiläinen employee, you will receive comprehensive employee benefits, occupational healthcare, and varied training and development opportunities. The work is mainly daytime work but also includes weekends. The position is full-time and permanent. Pay is determined according to the collective agreement for private social services. Employment begins in February 2027 or by agreement. The role requires suitability under the Communicable Diseases Act, a salmonella certificate and a valid hygiene passport. Under the Act on the Supervision of Social Welfare and Health Care, the person selected for a role working with older people must present a criminal record extract referred to in section 6, subsection 2 of the Criminal Records Act. Interested? Apply through our recruitment system as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed in the first week of December, and job interviews will be held from 7 to 11 December 2026. If you would like to hear more about Heleäharju, our production kitchen or the chef role, please get in touch. For questions about the role, I am easiest to reach by phone on 5 November from 12:00 to 15:00 and 16 November from 9:00 to 12:00. I will be happy to tell you more: Unit Manager Nanna Urhonen nanna.urhonen@mainiokodit.fi Tel. 040 167 8031 You can feel it when you come home. Mainiokodit’s mission is to create better care in Finland by enabling every resident to have an individual and good life. We focus on high-quality care, tasty food, safety, community and ensuring every client has a comfortable home of their own. Mainiokodit is part of Mehiläinen. Welcome to strengthen our team of professionals!

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