Assistant Chef

Codi Group; Porth; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday pro rata

Continuous professional training

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Codi Group in Wales is seeking an Assistant Chef for the new Dan Y Mynydd Extra Care scheme in Porth. This part-time role supports a catering team to prepare nutritious meals for tenants, with shift patterns finishing by 3pm on most days and alternate weekends.

You'll contribute to a community-focused kitchen and help design menus that meet residents’ dietary needs. You’ll work in a vibrant kitchen, ensuring high hygiene standards, sourcing fresh ingredients, and collaborating with the service

Qualifications

• Great communicator with tenants and colleagues
• Experience in a professional fresh-food kitchen
• Ability to plan menus, manage stock, HACCP records, and food safety

Responsibilities

• Create delicious, nutritious meals for tenants daily
• Source fresh ingredients and ensure health & safety standards
• Design menus accommodating cultural and dietary needs
• Assist with menu planning, stock control, HACCP records and budgeting

Skills

Great communicator

Kitchen experience

Organised and detail-focused

Team player

Education

QCF/NVQ Level 2 or equivalent

Job description

As part of our not-for-profit organisation, whatever your role, you’ll play a unique part in making a remarkable difference to the lives of thousands of people in communities across Wales.

We have an exciting opportunity where you can truly make a difference!!! We’re looking for a confident and passionate chef to create delicious and nutritious meals for our valued tenants in our BRAND NEW CODI EXTRA CARE SERVICE in Porth.As ASSISTANT CHEF you will play a key role in the catering team, supporting to make mealtimes something for the residents to really look forward to.This is a part time (22 hour) permanent position.Shift times aren’t what you would normally expect if you are coming from hospitality…..Depending on what’s best for this scheme.....you would rarely work past 3pm!!! Alternate weekends required.This is an opportunity where you’re food REALLY has a positive impact, so if you’re passionate about great food and want a career where you truly make a difference then we want to hear from you!

Codi is a not-for-profit with a big heart and an even bigger mission. As Wales’ largest provider of housing, care, and support, we’re here to help people live well, feel supported, and rise to their full potential.

Every day, our teams support nearly 17,000 individuals across Wales with services that make a real and uplifting difference to their everyday lives.

Our name says it all: ‘Codi’ means rise in Welsh. It reflects who we are, where we come from, and our ambition to lift expectations, lift communities, and lift each other.

About the role

Dan Y Mynydd is a brand-new Extra Care scheme for over 50s with care or support needs that blends the freedom of independent living with the reassurance of on-site support. There are 60 self-contained flats for the valued residents along with a day centre.

This is more than just a kitchen—it’s a vibrant community where your passion for food can truly make a difference. If you’re looking for a rewarding role in catering, this is your chance to be part of something exciting from the very start!

As Assistant Chef, you’ll create delicious, nutritious meals for our tenants each day—sourcing fresh ingredients, and ensuring top Health & Safety standards. You’ll support the catering team and design menus that cater to cultural and dietary needs, making mealtimes something everyone looks forward to. Because great food brings people together!

Skills and Experience Needed

• Great communicator – You’ll work closely with the Service Manager, food service assistants, and tenants. Being friendly and approachable is a must!
• Kitchen experience – You will need some experience working in a professional fresh-food kitchen and hold a basic catering qualification (QCF/NVQ Level 2 or equivalent).
• Organised and detail-focused – From chopping and mixing to paperwork, you’ll handle menu planning, stock control, HACCP records, food hygiene compliance, and budgeting. You’ll need to take pride in keeping the kitchen spotless and understand the importance of Health & Safety and Food Safety.
• Team player – Positive, supportive, and inclusive attitude towards colleagues and tenants.

Values

At Codi, our values are Compassionate, Authentic, and Progressive. When you join us, you’ll embrace these principles and thrive in an environment shaped by them.

Perks, Benefits and a glimpse into our Codi world

• 26 days holiday, pro rata entitlement plus Bank holidays. Rising to 31 days with an extra day for each full year of service.
• Continuous professional training and development
• Blue Light Card Eligibility giving discounts at 15,000 brands.

FREDIE

At Codi Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity to rise with us.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and people of all ages, identities and experiences, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour,gender,sexuality, religion, belief, or disability.