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Bupa; Portishead; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Induction (fully paid)

Free meal on every shift

DBS Check and Uniform provided

Gym discounts

Job summary

Norewood Lodge Care Home, Portishead—part of Bupa—is seeking an Assistant Chef to support our residential dining and fresh food kitchen team. This bank contract role focuses on creating nutritious menus, using fresh ingredients, and meeting residents’ dietary needs while delivering a warm, home-from-home dining experience.

You will train and guide the kitchen team, adhere to COSHH and HACCP, manage orders and deliveries, and contribute to special events across the year.

Qualifications

• Passion for cooking with fresh ingredients and a desire to deliver quality dining.
• Knowledge of food hygiene and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Using passion for cooking and fresh ingredients to create varied and nutritional menus.
• Deliver an excellent dining experience, helping residents feel at home.
• Training and managing the kitchen team in prepping, cooking and serving of food.
• Adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, budgets, orders and deliveries.
• Catering for special events or seasonal activities as required.

Skills

Cooking passion

Food hygiene knowledge

Job description

72 Nore Rd, Portishead, Bristol BS20 8DU

Contract: Bank

CQC rating: Good

About Norewood Lodge Care Home:

At Norewood Lodge, a caring team of professionals ensure exceptional care and support is provided to residents on an individual basis for short or long term needs. The home provides a range of care plans to anyone over 50 including residential, nursing, palliative and convalescence care.

Situated close to the coast not far from the seaside town of Clevedon, the home boasts wonderful views of the Bristol Channel and the hills of Wales. The property has large gardens for residents to enjoy, while a modern interior offers residents comfortable accommodation. All bedrooms are en-suite and some have views of the pretty gardens.

The chef works hard to ensure that the tastes and dietary requirements of each resident are met and that meal times are a tasty and enjoyable occasion.

Residents can continue their passions and hobbies within the home setting, or even take part in new groups for reading, gardening, painting or cookery that take place throughout the year at the home. Residents can also benefit from an onsite salon and visiting mobile library.

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.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

Flexible working patterns to fit around you

Comprehensive induction (fully paid)

Free meal on every shift

DBS Check and Uniform provided and paid for by Bupa

Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

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.

We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK's Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.