Weekend Chef

A2Dominion Housing Group Ltd; Stanwell; On-site; GBP 6,000 - 8,000; Part time

Job summary

A housing association in Stanwell is seeking a part-time Weekend Chef / Cook to prepare high-quality meals for residents. Duties include leading meal preparation, ensuring dietary needs are met, and maintaining hygiene standards. Ideal candidates will have catering experience and excellent communication skills. This role offers 25 days' holiday pro-rata and flexible benefits. Join us to make a lasting difference in our customers' lives.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday pro-rata

Up to 8% contributory pension

Annual allowance of up to £300 for health benefits

Qualifications

• Previous catering and hands-on food preparation experience is essential.
• Comfortable completing online training with support.
• Must be able to commute to TW19.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook meals for the restaurant service.
• Provide high-quality meals considering dietary needs.
• Complete documentation and report on resident feedback.
• Ensure compliance with hygiene and health and safety guidelines.

Skills

Catering and hands-on food preparation

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to engage with elderly vulnerable customers

Education

Catering/Cooking qualification

Job description

Weekend Chef / Cook

Salary: £6,853.60 - £7,540.00 (depending on experience)

Type: Permanent / Part time / 10hpw

Working hours: Saturday & Sunday 8.30am – 1.30pm

Location: Chestnut Court, 23 Mulberry Avenue, Stanwell, Middlesex TW19 7SF

DBS checked required - Enhanced

About A2Dominion

We are a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homespeople love to live in. With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable, and private rent, specialist services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.

Role Overview

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

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

About you

• Must be able to commute to TW19
• 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!

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.

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.

Staff Benefits (for this role)

• 25 days’ holiday pro rata (Plus Bank Holidays) & Up to 8% contributory pension
• 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.

This Vacancy is being managed by Hollie Furness – [e-mail]

Due to the Christmas holiday period and reduced availability across some departments, our recruitment process may take slightly longer than usual. We appreciate your patience and will be in touch as soon as possible.