Assistant Chef

Athenacarehomes; March; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully comprehensive induction

Holiday entitlement (28 days)

Blue Light Card access

Refer a friend scheme

Job summary

Aria Court Care Home in March, Cambridgeshire, is seeking an Assistant Chef to support the kitchen team in delivering a high-quality residential dining experience. Reporting to the Head Chef, the role involves preparing meals, ensuring nutritional content, and maintaining compliance with regulations.

The position offers a 40-hour weekly rota, with a salary of £13.70 per hour, and includes a comprehensive induction, holiday entitlement, and staff perks through Athena Care Homes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years catering experience working within a kitchen environment.
• Exposure to working within a care environment is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Providing a high-quality dining experience by promoting choice and dignity to the residents of the home with the services we provide.
• Liaise with residents to ensure they are happy with the food and beverages being delivered within the home.
• Ensure the nutritional content of the meals provided cater for the dietary needs of all residents.
• Assist the Head Chef with all regulatory and statutory requirements are met and company policies and procedures are adhered to.

Skills

Catering experience

Care environment experience

Job description

As an Assistant Chef at Aria Court Care Home, you will be responsible for ensuring a high quality of food service and meal preparation within the home.

About Aria Court Care Home:

After a recent refurbishment, Aria Court is now a sparkling 92-bedroom care home with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.

Located in a quiet residential nook in March, Cambridgeshire, our home boasts a cinema, hair salon, multiple dining rooms. Beautiful gardens provide a bounty of home-grown fruit and veg.

The kitchen team at Aria Court are award-winning and have even created their own cookbook full of their best recipes. As one of the leading residential care homes in March, Cambridgeshire, Aria Court offers nothing less than the best care for your loved one in a safe and comfortable environment.

About the role:

Reporting to the Head Chef, the Assistant Chef will support the team by ensuring the catering services and residential dining experience is of the highest standard and quality.

Salary:

£13.70 per hour.

Shift Pattern:

40 hours per week, worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Providing a high-quality dining experience by promoting choice and dignity to the residents of the home with the services we provide
• Liaise with residents to ensure they are happy with the food and beverages being delivered within the home
• Ensure the nutritional content of the meals provided cater for the dietary needs of all residents.
• Assist the Head Chef with all regulatory and statutory requirements are met and company policies and procedures are adhered to.

Training, Skills & Experience Required:

• Minimum of two years catering experience working within a kitchen environment is essential.
• Exposure to working within a care environment is highly advantageous.

What we can offer:

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
• 28 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
• Refer a friend scheme.

About Athena:

Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).

We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.

Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care,clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.

We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.