The initiative was introduced at the beginning of the year as part of HC-One’s drive to offer people a ‘meaningful and rewarding career’ pathway into care hospitality.
Chris Bonner, executive chef and nutrition & hydration lead at HC-One, said: “We are proud to have selected these highly promising chefs from our internal talent pool. Each individual displayed enormous potential within their existing, home-level work, and we are excited to support them to excel in the next stage of their career progression. There are no limits to what you can achieve through a career in social care, and our home-grown experts prove just that.”
The development chefs will now be working with wellbeing and catering teams in homes to deliver truly specialist nutrition and hydration programmes tailored to every resident.
Pete Coles, group development chef, added: “Having worked in the care sector for over ten years, the best part of my role is seeing the difference that catering can make to our residents’ days. I can’t wait to explore new ways of strengthening communities through cooking thanks to this new development opportunity and am excited to see my culinary suggestions put into practice in homes across the region.”