Bank Assistant Chef

Athenacarehomes; Lynn (MA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home is seeking an Assistant Chef to ensure high-quality food service and meal preparation. The role involves liaising with residents about their dining experience and supporting the Head Chef in maintaining standards. Ideal candidates should have catering experience and a passion for providing excellent service in a care environment.

Benefits

28 days of holiday per year

Free Blue Light Card

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years catering experience is essential.
• Exposure to working within a care environment is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality dining experience for residents.
• Ensure meals cater to dietary needs.
• Assist Head Chef with regulatory requirements.

Skills

Catering

Customer Service

Job description

As an Assistant Chef at Amberley Hall Care Home, you will be responsible for ensuring a high quality of food service and meal preparation within the home.

About Amberley Hall Care Home:
Award-winning Amberley Hall is one of the top residential care homes in Kings Lynn. At Amberley Hall we pride ourselves on our beautiful, extensive gardens filled with pear trees, our state-of-the-art cinema and our hair and beauty salon.

All of our team at the purpose-built, 106-bedroom care home are ready to welcome residents with their compassionate and caring attitudes.

About the role:
Reporting to the Head Chef, the Assistant Chef will support the team by ensuring the catering services and residential dining experience is of the highest standard and quality.

Salary:
£13.37 per hour.

Shift Pattern:
0 hours per week, worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday.

Home Location:
Baldock Drive, King's Lynn, England, PE30 3DQ.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Providing a high-quality dining experience by promoting choice and dignity to the residents of the home with the services we provide
• Liaise with residents to ensure they are happy with the food and beverages being delivered within the home
• Ensure the nutritional content of the meals provided cater for the dietary needs of all residents.
• Assist the Head Chef with all regulatory and statutory requirements are met and company policies and procedures are adhered to.

Training, Skills & Experience Required:

• Minimum of two years catering experience working within a kitchen environment is essential.
• Exposure to working within a care environment is highly advantageous.

What we can offer:

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
• 28 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
• Refer a friend scheme.

About Athena:
Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).

We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.

Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care,clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.

We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.