Enjoy cooking and making a difference?
We're looking for a Weekend Chef to join our friendly team at Chestnut Court, our extra care scheme in Stanwell. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys preparing quality meals, takes pride in excellent customer service, and wants to play an important role in supporting older residents within a welcoming community.
Working every Saturday and Sunday (08:30am-1:30pm), you'll be responsible for preparing and serving meals for residents and guests, ensuring dietary and cultural requirements are catered for, and maintaining high standards of food hygiene and safety.
An Enhanced DBS check is required for this role.
Please refer to the attached Role Profile for full responsibilities and deliverables.
What you'll be doing
Preparing and cooking meals for our busy restaurant service
Providing high-quality meals for residents and guests
Catering for dietary, cultural and individual requirements
Maintaining excellent food hygiene and health & safety standards, including the Registered Homes Act 1984
Complete administrative documentation, recording meals sold and reporting resident feedback to the Chef Manager
Working closely with colleagues to deliver a welcoming dining experienceMore About You
Have previous catering, kitchen or food preparation experience
Ideally you will have a Catering/Cooking qualification and/or experience working in a Care andSupport environment, or cooking experience for large volumes of people
Are confident preparing meals independently
Have excellent communication skills and enjoy interacting with older and vulnerable customers and their families
Can work reliably every weekend
Are comfortable completing online training (full support will be provided)
Can travel to Chestnut Court in Stanwell for each shiftChoosing us is easy
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 (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
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 familyInclusion at A2Dominion
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 essential criteria.Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the process just contact our Resourcing Team at (url removed)
We know some people may hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. If that’s you, we’d still encourage you to apply or 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 Kate Jacobs. We reserve the right to close early upon appointment of the right candidate
