Assistant Chef

Healthcare Homes Group; Peacehaven; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension

Refer a Friend scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Healthcare Homes Academy training

Qualifications and Apprenticeship (Lvl

Blue Light Card discounts

Long Service awards

Job summary

Healthcare Homes Group is seeking a hands-on kitchen assistant for Meadow House, providing care for 38 residents. The role supports the Head Chef, prepares nutritious meals to high standards, and helps manage stock while fostering a friendly team environment.

Experience in professional kitchens and good food hygiene are important; City & Guilds/NVQ in Cookery are preferred but not essential. The position is 22.5 hours per week, with weekend work included.

Qualifications

• Experience in working in a professional kitchen.
• Good organisational skills and knowledge of kitchen practices and food hygiene.
• City & Guilds or NVQ qualifications preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence.
• Deliver nutritious and wholesome dishes cooked to high quality and standards.
• Manage stock control.
• Assist in leading and motivating a team.
• Support writing and planning weekly menus, ordering and minimising wastage.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Food hygiene knowledge

Stock management

Team leadership

Education

City & Guilds / NVQ in Cookery

Job description

22.5 hours per week (includes alternate weekends)

Do you have a passion for preparing and cooking meals and want to help make a difference in people’s lives?

If you are kind, compassionate and committed, we would love for you to join our kitchen team in our lovely Nursing/Residential Home, Meadow House, catering for 38 residents.

Meadow House offers residential and nursing care to the Norfolk community. The facility also provides care for young people with disabilities and specialises in caring for individuals with multiple sclerosis. The home is entirely on the ground floor and has a very friendly atmosphere – where everyone is treated like family.

What would a typical day look like?

Help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence

Work to deliver nutritious and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and standards

Manage stock control

To assist in leading and motivating a team

Support the Head Chef with writing and planning weekly menus, ordering as well as keeping wastage to a minimum.

The successful candidate will have experience in working in a professional kitchen, have good organisational skills and knowledge of good kitchen practices and food hygiene standards. City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications are preferred but not essential as they can be provided through our Academy.

In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

Company Pension

Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £1000 per person

Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental health and wellbeing

Extensive training courses through our Healthcare Homes Academy

Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities including Level 3 in Food Production

Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality

Recognition and Long Service awards

Established in 2005, Healthcare Homes Group has an existing portfolio comprising of 48 residential and nursing homes located across East Anglia and the South of England. We are a Top 20 provider within the care sector and our ethos is to deliver the best person-centred care to all our residents.