The job role of a Cook at Akari Care involves creating delicious, nutritious, and personalized meals for the residents of their award-winning care homes. The Cook is responsible for planning menus, preparing food, and ensuring that the dining experience is tailored to the individual needs and preferences of the residents. This is a great opportunity for someone passionate about caring for the elderly and who wants to make a positive difference in the lives of older people.
As the Cook at Akari Care, you will have the autonomy to create menus, plate up, and arrange food trollies in an attractive way to stimulate the residents' appetites. You will be a pivotal link between the kitchen and the serving areas, playing a fundamental and integral part of the united and extended care team. Akari Care is an award-winning provider of care homes that aim to create an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered personalized care. The organization is committed to ensuring that the meals prepared in their kitchens are of outstanding quality, wholesome, and nutritious, while also being mindful and conscientious about individual needs, religious, and cultural backgrounds.
16 Hours Per Week - Including alternate weekend work **
If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. We now seek a Cook who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.
At Akari Care we take great pride in ensuring that what is prepared in the kitchen is of outstanding quality, wholesome and nutritious. At the same time, we always ensure that we are mindful and conscientious about individual needs, religious and cultural backgrounds. As the pivotal link between the kitchen and the serving areas you will have the autonomy to create menus, plate up and arrange food trollies in an attractive way in order for our residents to gain enthusiasm and a stimulated appetite to eat.
By showing us, you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Head chef or Head Cook experience with similar environment /surrounding
Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice
A competitive salary
Pension contribution of 5%
Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes
Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid
~28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
~ Flexible working patterns
~ Fully funded training and development
~ The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally
~ An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included
16 Hours Per Week - Including alternate weekend work **
If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. We now seek a Cook who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.
At Akari Care we take great pride in ensuring that what is prepared in the kitchen is of outstanding quality, wholesome and nutritious. At the same time, we always ensure that we are mindful and conscientious about individual needs, religious and cultural backgrounds. As the pivotal link between the kitchen and the serving areas you will have the autonomy to create menus, plate up and arrange food trollies in an attractive way in order for our residents to gain enthusiasm and a stimulated appetite to eat.
By showing us, you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Head chef or Head Cook experience with similar environment /surrounding
Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice
A competitive salary
Pension contribution of 5%
Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes
Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid
~28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
~ Flexible working patterns
~ Fully funded training and development
~ The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally
~ An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included
The ideal candidate will have a City & Guilds 706 1&2 or equivalent (achieved or working towards), a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, and previous experience as a Head Chef or Head Cook in a similar environment.
The ideal candidate will have a City & Guilds 706 1&2 or equivalent (achieved or working towards), a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, and previous experience as a Head Chef or Head Cook in a similar environment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Akari Care Limited
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