Care Home Chef: Fresh Menus, Training & Home-Style Dining

Bupa; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meal on every shift

28 days holiday

Annual pay review

Wagestream – access to earned wages

Health & wellbeing support

Pension plan

Staff discounts

Job summary

Bupa Abbotsleigh Mews Care Home in Sidcup, DA15 area, seeks an Assistant Chef to support our kitchen team. The role covers 32 hours per week, including weekends, in a purpose-built care home providing nursing, residential and dementia care.

Join our team to craft varied, nutritious menus for residents, train staff, and ensure high standards of food safety and quality in line with dietary needs and preferences.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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)

Skills

Passion for cooking

Fresh food cooking

Hygiene certificates

Communication with residents

Job description

Bupa Abbotsleigh Mews Care Home in Sidcup, DA15 area, seeks an Assistant Chef to support our kitchen team. The role covers 32 hours per week, including weekends, in a purpose-built care home providing nursing, residential and dementia care.

Join our team to craft varied, nutritious menus for residents, train staff, and ensure high standards of food safety and quality in line with dietary needs and preferences.