Food and Beverage Assistant

NHS; Ascot; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider in Ascot seeks a Food and Beverage Assistant to support dining services and assist residents in meal choices. Candidates should have high hygiene standards and preferably experience in a restaurant or similar setting. This full-time position offers £12.45 an hour in a supportive work environment that values meaningful experiences for residents and team members.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Having experience working in a similar setting, such as a restaurant or hotel would be desirable.
• A basic Food Hygiene Certificate would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support residents with choosing meal options.
• Ensure dining tables are set as per standards.
• Keep the front of house clean and tidy.
• Ensure access to fresh cakes, biscuits, finger food, and fruit.
• Be aware of residents' dietary requirements.

Skills

High standards of personal hygiene

Experience in restaurant or hotel

Compassion in delivery of culinary services

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Job summary

The role of a Food and Beverage Assistant at Avery Healthcare involves supporting the dining service and assisting residents with their meals. This includes helping residents choose their meal options, setting up dining tables, keeping the front of house clean and tidy, and ensuring there are fresh homemade cakes, biscuits, finger food, and fruit available throughout the day.

Main duties

As a Food and Beverage Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the residents with choosing their meal options when dining.
• Ensuring that the standard operating procedures set dining tables, keeping the front of the house clean, tidy, and well-presented, and replenishing dirty crockery throughout the day.
• Ensuring fresh homemade cakes/biscuits, finger food, and fresh fruit options are accessible in the bistro areas and replenished throughout the day.
• Being aware of residents' dietary requirements.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are committed to creating meaningful experiences for their residents and their team, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." Avery Healthcare has over 100 homes across the UK and is dedicated to building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Details

• Date posted: 29 September 2025
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £12.45 an hour
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1391694206
• Job locations: Avery Healthcare, Sunninghill, SL5 9PR

Job description

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Food and Beverage Team Member. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as a Food and Beverage Team Member is to support the dining service and assist residents with their meals. Other responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the residents with choosing their meal options when dining.
• Ensuring that the standard operating procedures set dining tables.
• Keeping the front of the house clean, tidy, and well-presented, and ensuring dirty crockery is removed and replenished throughout the day.
• Ensuring fresh homemade cakes/biscuits are accessible in the bistro areas and replenished throughout the day, as well as finger food and fresh fruit options.
• Being aware of residents' dietary requirements.

ABOUT YOU

To succeed in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable in all you do.

• Our ideal candidate must have: Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene; Having experience working in a similar setting, such as a restaurant, or hotel would be desirable; A basic Food Hygiene Certificate would be beneficial; Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of culinary services to residents.

ABOUT AVERY

At Avery, we're not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we're a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require: A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK. This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline, depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name: Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.

Address: Avery Healthcare, Sunninghill, SL5 9PR

Employer's website: https://www.averyhealthcare.co.uk/