Assistant Chef (Part-time)

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 1,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care home as an Assistant Chef, where you'll prepare and serve meals while ensuring dietary needs are met. This role offers opportunities for training and development, recognition for your contributions, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Hourly rate of £12.55 plus £2 p/h overtime

Recognition of service payments

£1,000 ‘Refer a Friend’ payments

Excellent training from experienced professionals

Annual pay reviews

Private health care options

Qualifications

• Passion for caring for others and preparing meals.
• Commitment to undertake further training.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and serve meals, considering dietary requirements.
• Plan and cost menus, maintain records, and manage food supplies.
• Ensure cleanliness and compliance with health and safety standards.

Skills

Catering

English

Numeracy

Education

Level 2 or Level 3 Catering Qualification

Job description

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Come and join our amazing team!

As an Assistant Chef at Sovereign Lodge Care Home, you’ll have passion and dedication when it comes to caring for others. You will have the required knowledge and experience, along with the appropriate level 2/3 catering qualifications, or be working towards them, and possess the right values and behaviours to work in our residential care service.

Our great benefits include:

1. Hourly rate: £12.55 plus £2 p/h enhanced overtime rates
2. Recognition of service payments, receiving a total of £500 in your first year.
3. £1,000 ‘Refer a Friend’ unlimited payments (that’s potentially £1,000 every time you link us up with another great new person to join the team!)
4. Excellent face-to-face training from experienced care professionals and access to video-based e-learning.
5. Training programmes and qualifications, funded by us, to make sure you feel confident in your role and can develop.
6. Annual pay reviews recognizing your contribution to making our homes a great place to live and work.
7. An organization with an impressive internal promotion record, investing in your future and creating opportunities for people. We have many departments/teams, so you can learn from working in lots of different areas of the business.
8. Private health care options helping reduce the cost of essential bills, such as dentists and opticians.
9. Recognition initiatives that celebrate your achievements.

More about the role

Duties as an Assistant Chef are varied, and no two days will be the same in the home’s busy kitchen. You will prepare, cook, and serve hot and cold meals, providing for special dietary requirements where necessary for residents. Reporting to the Head Chef, you will plan and cost menus, maintain accurate records, and manage the correct orders of food supplies.

You will also check deliveries and ensure all crockery and equipment are cleaned and stored appropriately, and that the kitchen, dining areas, including equipment, are cleaned to statutory Health and Safety standards.

Ideally, we are looking for someone with Level 2 or Level 3 catering qualification or equivalent, or a commitment to undertake further training and development relevant to the role.

Our recruitment process

Any conditional offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory background checks, including obtaining suitable references and a criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We require you to have a good standard of English and numeracy skills, and a passion for looking after adults in your care.

We endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email.

We are committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.

Job titles can vary – this role is also known as cook’s assistant, assistant cook, sous chef, care home chef, social care.