Food at Drummond Grange Care Home
We are extremely lucky here at Drummond Grange to have the 2015 Barchester Chef of the Year. Ahmet is renowned for his passion and ability to produce beautiful food. You will find the daily menu offers you a varied choice of nutritional and delicious food. Our residents likes and dislikes are always accommodated with a range of light meals and snacks available throughout the day. Sweet treats and healthy fruit are also available throughout the day. A variety of refreshments such as tea, coffee, hot chocolate, and juice are all freely available. For a taste of what we offer, please see the example menus below.
Chris Lewis
Chris Lewis is our head chef here at Drummond Grange having joined us in 2021. Chris has worked if many different sectors of hospitality including commercial kitchens and running his own catering business. In his work Chris strive to provide a wonderful choice of beautiful, delicious and nutritious meals and he insures our residence needs are not only met but exceeded. When he is not at work very much the family man, spending time with his wife and young daughter.
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'.
