Assistant Chef / 2nd Chef

Bupa Global; Effingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health provider near Guildford is seeking an Assistant Chef to help deliver excellent dining experiences for residents. You will create nutritional menus, train the kitchen team, and manage food preparation. Candidates should have experience in a culinary role and a passion for cooking. The company offers competitive benefits including free healthcare access, sick pay, and generous holiday leave.

Benefits

Free access to 24/7 healthcare support

Annual health allowance

Wagestream access

28 days holiday

Sick pay scheme

Long service rewards

Free meal on every shift

Interest-free travel loan

Range of pension plans

Parental leave schemes

Menopause Plan

Gym discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar culinary role.
• Ability to create varied and nutritional menus.
• Familiarity with food safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Help deliver excellent dining experiences.
• Create nutritional menus based on residents' needs.
• Train kitchen team in food preparation and service.
• Manage orders and ensure food safety.

Skills

Passion for cooking

Knowledge of dietary needs

Training and management skills

Adherence to COSHH and HACCP

Job description

Job Description - Assistant Chef / 2nd Chef

Introduction

Ashley Park located near Guildford provides nursing, residential, palliative, Parkinson's and convalescence care. The home offers both long-term and short-stay care.

Residents can stay for a few weeks, a month or for however long their loved one needs support. They’ll get to relax and meet new friends, giving complete peace of mind. The home has a dedicated respite room that can be booked up to a year in advance, the staff is happy to accept last-minute requests too.

Originally a nineteenth-century listed building, the home has been expertly modernised to provide a range of excellent facilities. The large landscaped gardens with patio areas, orchard, raised flower beds and lawns can be enjoyed by residents alongside a sensory garden and greenhouse.

Most bedrooms have en-suite facilities, flat-screen TVs and most offer views of the gorgeous grounds, seven acres of stunning Surrey countryside.

Meals are freshly prepared every day by the home’s onsite chef and menus can be tailored to the tastes and preferences of each resident. Residents have the choice of dining in the dining room or in their own room if preferred.

Responsibilities

We are looking for an Assistant Chef to join the team and help deliver an excellent dining experience for our residents.

• Using your passion for cooking and fresh ingredients to create varied and nutritional menus in line with dietary needs and preferences of our residents
• Putting forward ideas to deliver an excellent dining experience, helping our residents to feel at home
• Training and managing the kitchen team in prepping, cooking and serving of food
• Adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries
• Catering for special events or seasonal activities, such as summer fetes, Christmas parties and birthdays (as required)

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

About Us

We ’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.