Overview
As a Weekend Cook/Chef at Chimney Court, you will be responsible for leading and delivering a first class catering service at the weekends for the retirement housing scheme, which accounts for 57 self contained apartments for residents aged 55+.
Responsibilities
* Lead our service to prepare & cook meals for our busy restaurant service
* Provide high quality meals catering for residents and guests, taking responsibility for particular dietary and cultural needs as per resident food profiles
* Complete administrative documentation, recording meals sold and reporting resident feedback to the Chef Manager
* Ensure compliance with hygiene and health and safety legislation/guidelines including the Registered Homes Act 1984
* Take responsibility for own time management, working with colleagues and maintaining the standards set by the Catering Manager
* As part of your initial training and start to life working with us, you may be required to attend some face to face sessions that will be held on a weekday
Qualifications
* Previous catering and hands on food preparation is essential
* Ideally you will have a Catering/Cooking qualification and/or experience working in a Care and Support environment, or cooking experience for large volumes of people
* Ability to engage with elderly vulnerable customers and their families
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Comfortable with completing online training - we will support you throughout
About us
We are a UK housing association committed to a new vision - providing homes people love to live in.
With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable, and private rent, specialist services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.
Our 70,000+ customers come from a diverse range of backgrounds with varying levels of income. We\'re here to provide them all with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable.
And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit is reinvested into our charitable social purpose - delivering more homes and better services for customers.
Benefits
Choosing 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.
* 25 days' holiday (pro rated for part time, plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
* Investment in your learning and development
* Generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for you and your family
* Cycle to Work Scheme with access to cycling equipment throughout the year
* A2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer, committed to employing disabled people and providing an inclusive recruitment process, interview opportunities for disabled applicants who meet minimum criteria, flexible assessments, and reasonable adjustments as required
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