Cook

Bring comfort, joy and quality through food
Love cooking fresh, nutritious, home-cooked food? Put your passion and skills to work in a role where every meal makes a difference to children and their families.
Join Demelza as a part-time Cook and help make our children's hospice a warm and welcoming place. You'll prepare high-quality meals and snacks for children, families, visitors, volunteers and colleagues, bringing a friendly, compassionate approach to the kitchen and supporting the exceptional care we provide every day.
What You'll Do

• Prepare fresh, nutritious meals and snacks that bring comfort and enjoyment.
• Cater for special dietary requirements.
• Maintain high standards of food hygiene and safety.
• Help make hospice events and celebrations special through food.
• Work alongside volunteers and colleagues to deliver an excellent catering service.

What We're Looking For

• Experience working in a professional kitchen.
• A passion for preparing high-quality, home-cooked food.
• Knowledge of food hygiene and safe working practices.
• A flexible, reliable and organised approach.
• Excellent teamwork and people skills.
• A commitment to Demelza's values of compassion, quality and respect.

More than a catering role, this is your opportunity to bring comfort through food and be part of a dedicated team supporting children with serious or life-limiting conditions and their families.
This part-time role is 20 hours per week over three days, with working hours between 8:30am and 3:30pm. Some weekend and bank holiday working is included on a rotational basis, with additional enhancements paid for these shifts.

Want to know more?

Interested in bringing your cooking skills to Demelza? For an informal chat or further information, please contact Wendy Holmes, Chef, on [phone removed].

Closing date - 29th November (11.59pm)
Interview date - 7th and 8th December


Demelza greatly values the benefits of a diverse team and embraces diversity, equality, and inclusion in all areas of its work. We are committed to building a diverse and authentic workplace, ensuring that our team reflects the diversity of the children and families we support. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds. 

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As part of our commitment to safer recruitment, all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at a level relevant to the role.

Demelza is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Demelza is an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No. 1039651.