For every care home with chefs like Niamh and Del, there must also be many like those described by Robert, where the owners care so little about serving the nuanced needs of their residents that they get rid of qualified chefs and refuse training for the general care staff who are forced to take over. That is a depressing reality, though the stories of how Niamh and Del take such care over what they cook for their wards are lovely to read. It's funny how the word chef is so strongly associated with the named chefs of famous restaurants, rather than the much larger army of often-anonymous but enormously important chefs cooking for hospitals, care homes, and the like, across the UK.
What an interesting and touching article. It exposed what exactly happens in most care homes to people that have little to say about their dietary choice.
For every care home with chefs like Niamh and Del, there must also be many like those described by Robert, where the owners care so little about serving the nuanced needs of their residents that they get rid of qualified chefs and refuse training for the general care staff who are forced to take over. That is a depressing reality, though the stories of how Niamh and Del take such care over what they cook for their wards are lovely to read. It's funny how the word chef is so strongly associated with the named chefs of famous restaurants, rather than the much larger army of often-anonymous but enormously important chefs cooking for hospitals, care homes, and the like, across the UK.
What an interesting and touching article. It exposed what exactly happens in most care homes to people that have little to say about their dietary choice.