Food at Station Court Care Home
Mealtimes at Station Court are an important part of daily life for all our residents who live in the home. Our chefs carefully select a different menu for each day of the week ensuring our residents enjoy a variety of delicious dishes. This reflects each individuals likes, dislikes and their dietary needs. Our chefs always use fresh ingredients to prepare delicious nutritionally-balanced meals throughout the day and snacks are available throughout the night.
The day starts with a choice of cereals, toast and cooked or continental breakfast. A range of hot and cold dishes are on offer at lunchtime. Afternoon tea is often served with freshly made cakes and scones. In the evening and mid-morning and during the night snacks are available. An alternative menu is always available in case you fancy something different. Our traditional roast dinners and fish and chip lunches are always a favourite and we enjoy hosting various food -related events throughout the year. To ensure the people we support are consistently served the best meals we have developed the Barchester Chef Academy which offers our chefs continuous training and development. To get a taste of the food we serve, please see our example menus below.
David Thomson
Hi, my name is Dave and I am the Head Chef at Station Court Care Home. I have worked in the hospitality sector for 30 years, completing my qualifications to be a chef in 1994 I have a wealth of experience as a head chef in both restaurants and care homes and look forward to being part of the team at Station Court.
I am passionate about food especially creating show stopping cakes and taking pride in producing the very best for our residents. Myself and my team cater for residents individual dietary needs and ensure that our home cooked menus with freshly prepared seasonal produce offer choice, nutrition and quality.
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'.
