Assistant Chef

Michael Hall; Forest Row; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated catering professional to provide quality meal services that support the wellbeing of pupils and staff. This role involves preparing nutritious meals, adhering to health and safety standards, and promoting a positive dining experience. Join a collaborative team that values cultural diversity and healthy eating, while contributing to the school's vision for food provision. If you have a passion for catering and a commitment to safeguarding, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering and food service, adhering to safety and nutrition standards.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and promote a positive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals, ensuring quality and compliance with health standards.
• Support menu planning and manage food stocks to minimize waste.

Skills

Catering Service

Food Safety Compliance

Menu Planning

Customer Service

Teamwork

Education

Food Safety Certification

Catering Qualification

Job description

Working hours: 9:30-2:30pm Monday-Friday (25 hours) term time only

Job Description

Main purpose

To provide a quality catering service which supports the wellbeing of pupils and staff in line with the school’s ethos. This includes meeting school catering and health and safety standards.

Duties and responsibilities

• Meal provision
• Prep cook and serve lunches for the pupils and staff of Michael Hall School daily during the school day
• Provide good quality school lunchtime meals in line with government guidelines and legislation on school nutrition standards
• Cater to special dietary requirements and ensure that allergy information is effectively communicated and labelled
• Fully clean the work environment after every provision
• Ensure the provision is inline with the school’s ethos
• Promoting healthy eating, cultural diversity and encouraging pupils to try new foods
• Contribute to menu planning when needed with organic/free-range, seasonal and wholesome meals with fresh local ingredients, under Head Chef instruction
• Support with the management of food stocks to prevent shortages or excess supply and adhere to the catering budget
• Minimise food wastage
• Contribute to the support of the development of the vision for the food provision at Michael Hall School

Working in a team

• Promote morale and wellbeing among the team
• Promote a friendly working relationship with colleagues
• Promote a good company image to customers and guests and use positive customer service practices
• Support with cover in times of staff absence

Health and safety

• Ensure that the kitchen and dining area are kept clean and hygienic at all times
• Ensure that kitchen equipment is used safely and according to operating manuals
• Adhere to proper hygiene procedures, including wearing the correct uniform
• Follow the cleaning schedules to necessary standards
• Record all accidents and incidents
• To report any incident of accident, fire, theft, loss, damage, and act as may be appropriate or possible
• Contribute to ensuring the compliance of school catering standards legislation, under Head Chef instruction
• Contribute to ensuring that HACCP procedures, legal and company regulations regarding hygiene, food, health, and safety are complied with, under Head Chef instruction
• Contribute to ensuring that EHO expectations are met, and be the direct contact with the EHO for registration and upkeep of SFBB, under Head Chef instruction
• Contribute towards creating and maintaining the school’s food safety policy, health and safety policy, and allergens policy, under Head Chef instruction

Other areas of responsibility

Safeguarding

• Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (including Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and the school’s safeguarding and child protection policies
• Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

Other

• To undertake occasional duties outside the normal routine but within the scope of the position and the department’s activities
• Option to assist, at special functions such as lettings, some of which may occur outside normal working hours, for which you will be paid overtime
• To report any complaint or compliment and act if possible
• To attend meetings and courses, as require
• Working alongside the Estates Manager and the Site Team; and the School’s Market Gardener, reporting to the Head of Operations

This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of procedures and responsibilities, but instead sets out the principal expectations of the School in relation to the post holder's professional responsibilities and duties. There may be a requirement to perform any other tasks as reasonably required by the Principal or Head of Operations.

Michael Hall School values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We, therefore, encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Michael Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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