Food at Mallard Court Care Home
Our team at Mallard Court work hard to deliver good home-cooked Yorkshire food, for Yorkshire folk. We are always keen to learn about favourite foods so that our chefs can prepare some delicious cuisine that is catered to individual tastes. Alternative diets for residents are always available in the home, as we can all appreciate that sometimes we just fancy something different. Please see below for a flavour of our menus:
Gill Farrer
Hi, my name is Gill and I am the Head Chef here at Mallard Court. I have been employed at Mallard Court since 2006 and have held various positions originally starting as a Night Carer with NVQ Level 2. I have also worked as a Laundry Assistant and then worked as a Kitchen Assistant and have done various Barchester courses and now achieved the position of Head Chef.
Dietary requirements
For residents who have difficulties swallowing, we modify the menu of the day so that the dishes are more palatable for them. To support our chefs in producing these dishes, our hospitality team and our Chef Academy organise theory and practical workshops. The chefs work with the chef trainer to prepare tasty, modified meals safely and according to IDDSI frame work. This encourages residents to eat and enjoy their food. All our chefs have been trained in IDDSI food descriptors.
Attracting top chefs
Our chefs are recruited on the basis of an interview with the regional hospitality support team and the manager of the home. Selection also involves a practical element, where potential chefs are asked to cook for and meet a panel of people living in the home. Chefs take their job extremely seriously and the annual Barchester Chef Competition sees our chefs battle it out in regional heats and then at a national final for the accolade of 'Barchester's Chef of the Year'.
