Cook(32.5 hours) Harcombe House, Chudleigh, Exeter
£23,561 plus Excellent Benefits including 8% pension, life assurance and family leave
32.5 hours a week (worked over a 2 week rota pattern)
- Week 1 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 12.30 – 19.30
- Week 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 08.00 – 15.00
- No anti-social hours or split shifts
About us
Fire Fighters Charity delivers specialist health and wellbeing information and support to enable a healthier and happier UK fire services community.
We now have a vacancy for a Cook to join our catering team at Harcombe House, in Chudleigh, near Exeter.
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About the role
As a Cook, your role is vital to supporting and enhancing the stay for our service users to assist in their recovery. You will support a small catering team to provide nutritious and well-balanced meals for our service users and other visitors to our centre who you will interact with during their stay.
It is important that you ensure effective stock management and that the food prepared in our kitchen is done so in accordance with food preparation requirements and compliance with food hygiene regulations.
This role is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services Check.
About You
This is a fabulous opportunity to join us and work within a supportive and rewarding environment. You will be able to use the skills you have gained previously whilst working as a cook, possibly within a school or nursing home environment. What is important, is that you have experience preparing nutritious and good quality balanced meals and have the ability to follow recipes and set menu’s ensuring our guests enjoy a variety of food during their stay.
You will have knowledge and a clear awareness of dietary restrictions and be familiar with working in an environment where food hygiene standards and food preparation requirements are adhered too.
As well as being an excellent communicator and have the ability to work with others, you will take pride in your work and your interactions with others. Your positive attitude and approach will help shape the environment within our centre and support those staying with us.
How to apply
More information about us and the role can be found on our website or please contact Vikki Nicholls, Hospitality Team Leader on 01626 853639 or via email [email protected] If you would like to arrange a visit to Harcombe House to see our facilities, we would love to show you around.
To apply for the role, please submit your CV and an introductory letter stating why you are interested in both the role and Fire Fighters Charity.
Closing Date 9am 6 August 2026
We welcome applications from all sections of the community. When recruiting our new team members, regardless of the role, we are looking for people who share our values.
We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful this time.
