Assistant Cook

Sodexo Ltd; Aylesbury; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading global services provider in Aylesbury is seeking an Assistant Chef to support the Cook Manager in food operations at Elmhurst Primary School. Responsibilities include preparing and serving food according to standards and ensuring health and safety compliance. Candidates should have hands-on cooking experience and the ability to work in a busy kitchen environment. This role offers competitive pay and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and wellbeing app

Flexible work environment

Cycle to Work Scheme

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of hands-on cooking experience.
• Experience following recipes in a similar setting.
• Understand the importance of adhering to health and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, present, and serve food to company standards.
• Adhere to all company compliance like Food safety and Health and Safety.
• Deliver high standards in customer service.

Skills

Hands-on cooking experience

Experience cooking on a large scale

Ability to work under pressure

Basic food handling skills

Job description

Overview

As a Assistant Chef for Sodexo at Elmhurst Primary School,Aylesbury, you will assist the Cook Manager to oversee all aspects of the food and beverage operations as well as the finances for your school’s kitchen. You will support the Cook Manager in ensuring you showcase what the kitchen supplies, presenting it in the most eye-catching way possible, ensuring we are offering the best service possible. You will not work unsociable hours and you will get public holidays off… including Christmas!

Join Sodexo and be part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your own way.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, present, and serve food to company standards which may include breakfast, morning break, lunch, and hospitality.
• Adhere to all company compliance (such as Food safety, Health and Safety, Allergen awareness, COSHH and HACCP regulations).
• Carry out craft/skills training for catering staff.
• Ensure that all service counters and food is presented to company standards.
• Guarantee that each dish served is portioned according to business requirements.
• Complete daily/weekly cleaning duties as instructed by the line manager, including all food preparation and storage areas, all catering communal areas, and removal of waste from catering area.
• Deliver exceptionally high standards in customer service, cleanliness, tidiness, and other operational activity.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 1 year of hands-on cooking experience; training on Food Hygiene and Health & Safety will be provided.
• Experience cooking on a large scale, between 100 – 1300 students.
• Experience following recipes, possibly in a similar setting.
• Experience working with fresh produce and ingredients.
• Understand the importance of adhering to health and safety procedures.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines in a busy kitchen environment.
• Professional, lead by example and maintain a positive outlook.
• Hold basic food handling skills certification.

What we Offer

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme for everyday issues or larger problems (including legal and financial advice, support with work-related issues or personal issues such as bereavement).
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app with rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle, plus 24hr virtual GP and other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, with deals 24/7 and/or a prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Sodexo Retirement Plan eligibility.
• Death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away while employed by Sodexo.
• Opportunities for career growth and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Volunteering Opportunities to support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment.
• Competitive compensation.
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today!

Sodexo and our Clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Certain roles require screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (UK) and/or Disclosure Scotland (Scotland).

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.

Package Description

• £13.00- £13.50 per hour
• 37.5 hours per week
• Working pattern: Monday to Friday 7:30am to 3:30pm
• Term Time only (39 week Working Contract paid over 52 weeks)

Note: Equated pay (spread-over pay) is explained at interview stage. Further information will be supplied at interview stage.

About The Company

About Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with diverse experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to join Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer and run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.