Assistant Chef - Bank

Bupa; New Alresford; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Croft House Care Home in Great Dunmow, Essex, part of Bupa, is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Chef for bank shifts at Croft House. You will cook for residents ensuring variety, nutrition, and adherence to dietary requirements.

You will train kitchen team, follow COSHH and HACCP, manage orders and deliveries, and contribute to seasonal events, supporting residents to feel at home and enjoy meals.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fresh food kitchen and ability to deliver variety and nutrition.
• Hygiene certificates required and maintained.
• Good communication with residents and team.

Responsibilities

• Create varied and nutritious menus aligned with dietary needs.
• Contribute ideas to deliver excellent dining experiences.
• Train and manage kitchen staff in prep, cooking and serving.

Skills

Cooking

Fresh food kitchen

Hygiene certificates

Communication

Education

Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Job Description:

Assistant Chef - Bank

Location: Croft House Care Home. Braintree Road, Great Dunmow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM6 1HR

Contract: Bank

Salary: £13.54 - £15.08 per hour depending on experience

CQC rating: Good

Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.6 / 10

Croft House is an elegant and spacious home situated within a leafy suburb close to Stansted Airport. The home is set in stunning, well-maintained gardens and is also situated within walking distance of the main high street of Great Dunmow, which is ideal for residents to get out and about.

At Croft House, staff take great care to focus on the person. It’s important for residents to feel at home, so staff create a friendly environment with an individually appropriate balance of care and independence.

Enjoying food is an important part of life. The chefs create well-crafted menus made with the freshest ingredients and they try to cater for all ethnicity groups. Soon after a resident arrives at Croft House, staff discuss their personal preferences and dietary needs with them.

There’s a real sense of community at Croft House. The staff love to discover what residents enjoy doing and the social calendar is organised around those interests.

We make health happen

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 they 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)

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

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.

Why Bupa?

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.