Chef

Chef -Required for Our Brand New Care Home opening in January 2026 Castle Lodge Care Home , Mere, Part of The Country Court Family

We are no longer accepting applications for sponsorship.

Hours: 40 hours per week, working weekends on rota

Our brand-new care home located is in Mere. The dedicated team offer round the clock support, making life enjoyable and comfortable for the residents. Our beautiful home will offer residential and specialist dementia care in a peaceful setting, providing a safe, secure and rewarding lifestyle for those with a variety of needs.

Have you considered working in hospitality in the care industry? We probably have the best working hours in the hospitality business, we don’t have late nights or busy weekends, its consistent throughout the week. Why not come and join us at Castle Lodge Care Home to make every taste moment matter!

JOINING THE COUNTRY COURT CARE FAMILY

We’re proud to be a family run business that’s grown over the years to a family of 3,300+ employees and over 45+ care homes. We’re passionate about providing 5* care to our residents. From bistros to pubs and cinema rooms to spas - we’ve created extraordinary care homes so we’re looking for extraordinary people to join our team!

THE CHEF ROLE

Within your role as Chef, you can really make a difference to our residents’ lives. Your responsibilities will include:

• Aid in the preparation of high-quality meals for your residents.
• Help the Chef Manager manage the catering team.
• Assist the Chef Manager in promoting and monitoring food hygiene and safety standards, carry out risk assessments and ensure the kitchen is cleaned to a high standard,
• Responsible for the kitchen and staff in the Chef Manager's absence
• Assist the Chef Manager with Menu planning
  
  

About You

We want an experienced Chef, who is proactive, passionate, and ambitious to support us to create the best person-centred environment for our residents and ensure they are delivered a 5* food experience.

You will …

• Be friendly and approachable as you will have contact with our residents, their guests and family.
• Experience as a chef and working within a catering environment
• Valid food hygiene certificate.
• A passion for producing high quality food.
• Can do attitude!
• Be able to take initiative and responsibility
• City & Guilds 7061 or NVQ Level 2 in Catering for the Hospitality Industry
• Ideally over 3 years’ experience as a Chef or in a similar environment and role
  
  

IN RETURN

You’ll be joining our family-run business and alongside pension contributions and annual leave, we offer:

• Annual pay reviews.
• A bespoke Induction Training Programme, with ongoing development and access to nationally recognised qualifications*
• Recommend a Friend bonus scheme*
• Access to the Blue Light Discount Card
• Annual Staff Awards Programme, celebrating outstanding contributions across all our Homes
• Subject to Terms and Conditions
  
  

Click the Apply Button Now! -If the Chef role sounds like a job for you, we would like to hear from you.

Please Note

All applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK and if successful will need to provide evidence.

You may have experience of Chef, cook, restaurant chef, sous chef, personal chef, executive chef, kitchen chef,