Cook - ABC Centre

Brunelcare; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join an award-winning charity as a Cook, where you'll lead a team to create high-quality, nutritious meals for residents. This role offers the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of older people while ensuring that food is prepared to the highest standards. With a competitive salary and generous benefits, including paid annual leave and a supportive work environment, this is a fantastic opportunity to thrive in your culinary career. If you're passionate about cooking and teamwork, this role is perfect for you!

Benefits

30 days paid annual leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Company Sick Pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

£200 refer a friend bonus

Qualifications

• Background in catering is essential.
• Passion for creating high-quality, nutritious meals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen team to ensure high-quality meals are served.
• Plan, prepare, and present nutritious meals for residents.

Skills

Catering experience

Food hygiene qualification

Teamwork

Meal planning

Education

Food hygiene certification

Job description

Salary £12.82 - £14.18 per hour (depending on experience)

Location Hengrove, Bristol

Hours 21 hours per week over 3 days, including some weekends

The Vacancy

Are you ready for your next challenge? Are you looking to lead a team? Do you enjoy creating high-quality meals?

If so, there has never been a better time to join Brunelcare as Cook and bepart of something more

About the role

As a cook with Brunelcare you will lead the team in the kitchen to ensure that high quality meals are served. You will also:

Plan, prepare and present high-quality, nutritious meals for residents and visitors.

Ensure all food is produced to our high standards making sure the correct quantities are ordered to minimise wastage.

Maintain a high level cleanliness throughout the kitchen and ensure all of Brunelcare’s Health and Safety procedures are implemented.

About you

You'll be leading the team so a background in catering is essential. Ideally, you will have a qualification in food hygiene or similar. Alongside this you’ll need:

To have a passion for creating high quality, nutritious meals

To enjoy working as part of a team

Competitive rates of pay

Equivalent to 30 days of paid annual leave (excluding of bank holidays), increasing to the equivalent of 33 after 5 years’ service (pro-rata)

Colleague Voice Representatives, enabling you to have your say

Cycle to Work Scheme

Company Sick Pay - Linked to length of service

Care First Employee Assistance Programme (provides a range of free, confidential services) and in-house Mental Health First Aiders available

£200 refer a friend bonus

Please Note:If you are invited to attend an interview you will be asked to bring documents to allow us to undertake a DBS check and to confirm your right to work status. The documents required will be communicated to you by the hiring manager when booking your interview. Any copies of documents taken will be destroyed in line with our document retention and GDPR guidelines.

Brunelcare is an award-winning Bristol-based charity providing high-quality housing, care, and support for older people in the South West whilst also recognised for our expertise and excellence in caring for people with dementia. We are at the forefront of developing ways for people to stay as independent as possible whilst creating great communities to live, work, and thrive.