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Assistant Chef - Bank

Bupa - Care Homes

Croydon

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 80,000

30+ days ago

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An established industry player in health and care is seeking a passionate Assistant Chef to join their kitchen team. This role involves creating delicious and nutritious meals tailored to residents' dietary needs, ensuring an exceptional dining experience. You'll train and manage the kitchen staff while adhering to strict safety and hygiene guidelines. With a commitment to person-centered care, you'll play a vital role in enhancing the quality of life for residents. This opportunity offers flexible working patterns and a supportive environment where your culinary skills can shine and make a real difference in people's lives.

Flexible working patterns

Comprehensive induction (fully paid)

Free meal on every full shift worked

DBS Check and Uniform provided

Access to gym discounts

Passion for cooking and creating nutritious menus.
Experience in managing kitchen teams and adhering to safety guidelines.

Create varied and nutritional menus for residents.
Train and manage the kitchen team in food preparation.

Cooking

Menu Creation

Team Management

Adhering to COSHH and HACCP Guidelines

Job title: Assistant Chef - Bank

Location: Red Court Care Home, 27 Stanhope Road, Croydon CR0 5NS

Salary: £12.24 - £13.78

Contract: Bank

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 is 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 create and 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)

Benefits

Flexible working patterns to fit around you
Comprehensive induction (fully paid)
Free meal on every full shift worked
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.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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