Chef

Job Description

Do you have a passion for preparing and cooking meals and want to help make a difference in people’s lives? If you are kind, compassionate and committed, we would love for you to lead our kitchen team in our lovely nursing home, Home Meadow, catering for 49 residents. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] provides residential and dementia care to people living within Cambridgeshire. We’ve got a great team of individuals here who treat residents as they would their own family.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with our residents to prepare a variety of home cooked meals in accordance with various allergy and dietary requirements.
• Writing and planning weekly menus, stock control and ordering as well as keeping wastage to a minimum.
• Using your creativity for our regular theme nights, where we prepare dishes from around the world.
• Developing and managing our existing kitchen team.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have experience in working in a professional kitchen, have good organisational skills and knowledge of good kitchen practices and food hygiene standards. City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications are preferred but not essential as they can be provided through our [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Academy.

Benefits

• Company Pension
• 5.6 weeks paid holiday pay
• Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £1000 per person
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental health and wellbeing
• Extensive training courses through our [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Academy
• Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities including Level 3 in Food Production
• Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality
• Recognition and Long Service awards

About Home Meadow

Here at Home Meadow, we provide residential and dementia care to people living within Cambridgeshire. We’ve got a great team of individuals who treat residents as they would their own family. Every individual team member works hard to ensure residents feel comfortable, safe and at home. We are fortunate enough to be situated in a stunning location surrounded by beautiful, peaceful, and tranquil gardens. It’s always a great atmosphere here and the whole team always work to provide varied and engaging activities and compassionate care centred by respect, dignity and choice.

Established in 2005, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Group has an existing portfolio comprising of 48 residential and nursing homes located across East Anglia and the South of England. We are a Top 20 provider within the care sector and our ethos is to deliver the best person-centred care to all our residents.