Food at Mill Court Care Home
We understand that food is vital to the health and well-being of those we support. Our trained chefs are passionate about creating food that is delicious, nutritious, nourishes the body and soul, and tailored to personal tastes.
Our menus are composed of only the best fresh produce and cooked to the highest quality, with aims for the natural aroma and taste to be retained as best as possible. A great deal of care is taken to accommodate all dietary requirements, and our meals are always prepared with the likes and dislikes of residents taken into consideration. We can guarantee that there will be something for everyone on our menu, which you can view below:
James Owen
Hi, I'm James and one of the Regional Head Chef's for Barchester.
Working in hospitality for over 28 years has given me the greatest knowledge. Not only of the industry but the expectations of working for all types of clients. I have been a Chef for 25 years and been lucky enough to forge a career in some of the best fine dining, wedding venue's and gastro pubs in the country.
I have worked for Barchester for 6 years in many of their wonderful Care homes and can say that although the location may differ their ethos for providing the highest quality and experience for all the residents does not faulter.
I love nothing more than bringing joy and smiles to everyone through great, local produce and home cooked food from the heart.
We always enjoy our local community and friends of the home to sample some of our hospitality so when you are passing please do make a point of popping in for some of my famous home made cakes.
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'.
