Weekend Chef

A2Dominion; Reading; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading housing and care provider is seeking a Weekend Chef to join their team in Reading. The role involves preparing and cooking meals for elderly residents in a retirement housing scheme. Key qualifications include catering experience and the ability to engage with vulnerable customers. Employees enjoy a flexible benefits package including holiday entitlement and annual allowances for health and lifestyle benefits.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday pro rata

Annual health and lifestyle allowance up to £300

Up to 8% contributory pension

Qualifications

• Previous catering experience is essential.
• Experience in a Care and Support environment is preferred.
• Comfortable with completing online training.

Responsibilities

• Lead service to prepare & cook meals for the restaurant.
• Provide high-quality meals considering dietary needs.
• Complete administration documentation and report feedback.

Skills

Catering and hands-on food preparation

Excellent verbal and written communication

Ability to engage with elderly customers

Education

Catering/Cooking qualification

Job description

Role Overview

We’re searching for a Weekend Chef to join our friendly and hard-working team at A2Dominion.

As a Weekend Chef at Chimney Court, you will be responsible for leading and delivering a first class catering service at the weekends for the retirement housing scheme, which accounts 57 self-contained apartments for residents aged 55+.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead our service to prepare & cook meals for our busy restaurant service
• Provide high quality meals catering for our residents and guests - taking responsibility for particular dietary and cultural needs as per resident food profiles
• Complete administrative documentation, recording meals sold and reporting resident feedback to the Chef Manager
• Ensure compliance with hygiene and health and safety legislation/guidelines including the Registered Homes Act 1984
• Take responsibility for own time management, working with colleagues and maintain the standards set by the Catering Manager
• As part of your initial training and start to life working with us, we may require you to attend some face to face sessions that will be held on a weekday, we will discuss this further throughout your application.

More About You

We want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people’s lives:

• Previous catering and hands-on food preparation is essential
• Ideally you will have a Catering/Cooking qualification and/or experience working in a Care and Support environment, or cooking experience for large volumes of people
• Ability to engage with elderly vulnerable customers and their families
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable with completing online training – by no means do you need to be an IT expert, we will support you throughout!

Why A2Dominion?

As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:

• 25 days’ holiday pro rata (Plus Bank Holidays) & Up to 8% contributory pension
• In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, and we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the process - just contact our Resourcing Team at [e-mail]

We know some people hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every requirement. If that’s you, we encourage you to apply if your skills and experience align – please get in touch with us to talk it through.

At A2Dominion, we value diversity, embrace flexibility, and are a family-friendly employer. Everyone belongs here. Join us and help make a lasting difference in the lives of our customers.