Weekend Chef

Job Introduction

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 experience

More 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 and Support 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 shift

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.

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 family

Inclusion 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.

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.