Commis Chef

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award winning team as a Commis Chef at Hawthorns of Braintree Retirement Village in Braintree. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

About us

Avery Healthcare stands as one of the leading providers of luxury elderly care homes within the UK. Beyond merely offering facilities for elderly care, Avery is invested in fostering an enriching environment both for its residents and employees. Avery believes in ensuring that the later years of life hold significance and joy, and this philosophy extends to valuing and empowering its workforce. The ethos of Avery Healthcare, 'creating meaningful lives together,' is reflected across its over 100 homes, where a strong focus is placed on high quality care, support for personal growth, and building a community atmosphere where both residents and staff feel valued.

Main duties of the job

The primary role of a Commis Chef at Avery Healthcare is to assist the Chef de Partie in preparing food and performing basic cooking tasks. The role includes assisting in managing catering services, preparing high quality and nutritional food, meeting special dietary requirements, and participating in resident meetings and collaboration with departmental heads to agree on catering functions and address specific resident needs.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award winning team as a Commis Chef at Hawthorns of Braintree Retirement Village in Braintree. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

• Support all chefs to manage and deliver all catering services throughout the home, ensuring resident choice, dignity, confidentiality, and safety are maintained.
• Participate in meetings with residents and Heads of Departments to discuss and agree on catering functions across the home and address residents' special needs or dietary requirements. This must include knowledge of cultural and religious preferences.
• Prepare nutritional food and beverages to a high standard, as directed by the Chefs, promptly and in accordance with agreed mealtimes.
• Prepare special diet meals as needed and as directed by the Chefs.
• Work in different kitchen areas such as vegetables, fish and meat, and sauces, usually on a six month rotation programme.
• Assist the Chef de Partie in preparing food and performing basic cooking tasks.

About you

To be successful, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

• Hold a catering qualification such as City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent.
• Hold Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Have a minimum of 1 year catering experience.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high quality culinary services to residents.
• Be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

• Hold a catering qualification such as City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent.
• Hold Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Have a minimum of 1 year catering experience.

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.