Assistant Cook in Brighton

Assistant Cook

Craven Vale, Craven Road, Brighton, BN2 0FE 10/11/2026

Job details

Salary £28,153 - £28,608

Contractual hours 20 Basis Fixed Hours

Package We are pleased to offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your wellbeing. You can read about them on our Why work for us pages.

Job category/type: Adult Social Care

Date posted: 07/10/2026

Job reference: REQ0001613

Attachments: Shortlisting Questions for Assistant Cook.docx, 2119.Mar23.Assistant Cook.JDPS.doc

Job description

Assistant Cook at Craven Vale Resource Centre

Craven Vale is a short term residential home specialising in reablement. We believe great food is about much more than just a meal—it is about comfort, nutrition, independence, and a daily highlight to look forward to. We are looking for a creative, kind, and reliable Assistant Cook to join our dedicated team.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare, cook, and present nutritious, fresh, and well-balanced meals, snacks, and baking daily.
• Cater for individual dietary requirements, allergies, and modified texture diets (e.g., IDDSI standards).
• Work closely with residents to design and update seasonal, choice-driven menus.
• Manage kitchen stock and keep accurate delivery and temperature logs.
• Maintain high standards of kitchen cleanliness, hygiene, and health and safety.
• Build warm, friendly connections with our residents and listen to their feedback and supporting them to make their selection from the menu.
• Attend regular supervisions and complete mandatory training.

What We Are Looking For

• Previous experience cooking in a care home, catering, or busy kitchen environment.
• A valid Food Hygiene Certificate and a solid working knowledge of kitchen safety or equivalent.
• Understanding of dietary needs and modified texture/allergen management is a plus.
• A genuine passion for cooking and a kind, patient, and person-centred approach.
• Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check.

Please note that the interview will have a practical assessment to gauge your experience in an industrial kitchen. For any additional information please contact Rachel Wright on 01273 295772 or Rachel.Wright@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Why work for us?

• be connected
• be confident
• be innovative and creative
• be diverse and inclusive
• be healthy and psychologically safe

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

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