Assistant Chef

TN United Kingdom; Essex; On-site; GBP 1,000; Full time

Job summary

An exceptional private nursery and day prep school in Essex is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Chef. This role offers the chance to work with fresh seasonal ingredients and create bespoke menus while ensuring the highest food standards. You will be part of a dynamic team, providing excellent customer service and showcasing your culinary skills. With a focus on training and development, this position is perfect for those looking to grow in the culinary field. Enjoy a supportive environment where your contributions are valued and recognized, and take advantage of various employee benefits including free meals and a cycle-to-work scheme.

Benefits

Free Meals on Duty

Wider Wallet Scheme

Volunteers Leave

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Recommend a Friend Bonus

Training and Development

Well Established Apprenticeship Programme

Team & Company Social Events

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Genuine interest in food and excellent customer service.
• Ability to demonstrate good understanding and use of verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team providing breakfast, lunch, and hospitality.
• Produce food from scratch using fresh ingredients.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Attention to Detail

Innovation in Food

Food Preparation

Education

Experience in Food Preparation Environment

Job description

Job Description:

Assistant Chef

Essex

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: £13.21
Hours: 30-35 per week

An exceptional private nursery and day prep school in Halstead, Essex, catering for 225 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of lunch with a small amount of hospitality through the year. This is a term-time only contract working 36 weeks a year and operates Monday to Friday. Additional benefit to this location is free on-site parking.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Assistant Chef to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Essex.

If you are a current chef or want to train and develop to become a chef by joining our chefs academy, then please apply today.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities:

• To work well in a team, providing breakfast, lunch & hospitality.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the company's brand standards.
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Great team player.

You will have the following skills:

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service.
• An all-round team player.
• Innovation and passion for great food.
• An organised person with attention to detail.

Knowledge / competencies:

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience in a customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred.

Benefits:

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms, etc).
• Free meals on duty.
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us:

Thomas Franks is a founder-led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion, and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer:

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school, please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution, or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks:

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.