Assistant Chef - Bank

Bupa; Easebourne; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on shift

Flexible working patterns

Job summary

Bupa is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Chef for our care home kitchen. You will cook nutritious meals using fresh ingredients, tailor menus to residents' dietary needs, and help deliver a home-from-home dining experience.

With prior fresh-food kitchen experience and relevant hygiene certificates, you will train and lead the kitchen team, ensure HACCP compliance, manage orders and support seasonal events, all while upholding high culinary standards.

Qualifications

• Passion for cooking and experience in a fresh food kitchen.
• Relevant hygiene certificates are required.
• Enjoy creating varied, nutritious menus and maintain high standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook meals from fresh ingredients for residents.
• Train and manage the kitchen team in prep, cooking and serving.
• Adhere to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, budgets, and orders/deliveries.
• Contribute ideas to deliver an excellent dining experience and make residents feel at home.

Skills

Cooking

Food hygiene

Team leadership

Education

Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. Our fantastic Kitchen Team are the magic behind each delicious dish we serve our guests. They are passionate about all things food and take great pride in each dish we prepare. We are looking for an equally passionate Assistant Chef to join the team and help deliver an excellent dining experience for our residents. You'll help us make health happen by:

• 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)

  A passion for cooking with previous experience working in a fresh food kitchen and relevant hygiene certificates. You want to create and deliver an excellent dining experience at each meal and make our residents feel at home. Open to new ideas, you'll have an innovative approach to cooking whilst always adhering to high standards. You'll enjoy communicating with others and you'll cherish the little moments with our residents, sharing your love of food with them.

  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 make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

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.

Benefits

• Flexible working patterns to fit around you
• Comprehensive induction (fully paid)
• Free meal on every shift
• DBS Check and Uniform provided and paid for by Bupa
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK