Canteen Team Member

Riverford Organic Farmers; Buckfastleigh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organic food company in Buckfastleigh is seeking an enthusiastic individual for a permanent role in their canteen team. The position involves varied tasks such as food preparation, serving customers, and assisting chefs, with a strong emphasis on fresh, seasonal ingredients. Ideal candidates will have catering experience, good customer service skills, and the ability to work in a team. This role offers competitive pay and the chance to be part of a unique employee-owned company committed to ethical practices.

Benefits

Discounted organic meals

Inclusive and friendly work environment

Qualifications

• Professional and catering experience in a similar establishment preferable.
• Food Hygiene and/or professional cookery qualification desirable.
• Enjoys working as part of a team.
• Flexible and adaptable.

Responsibilities

• Veg prep, assisting others create dishes, serving customers.
• Payment handling and keeping the kitchen clean.
• Assisting the Canteen chefs in other tasks.

Skills

Customer service skills

Professional and catering experience

Food Hygiene and/or professional cookery qualification

Ability to work under pressure

Teamwork

Flexibility and adaptability

Job description

The work is varied and you will be doing a number of different tasks; veg prep, assisting others create dishes, serving customers, payment handling, keeping the kitchen clean and assisting the Canteen chefs in other tasks.

This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and creative person to work in a company where good food is what we're all about. We are open on Sundays so availability for most of those days is a requirement for the role although we're closed on Saturdays and Friday is a quiet day.

What You'll Bring…

• Professional and catering experience in a similar establishment preferable
• Food Hygiene and/or professional cookery qualification desirable
• Good customer service skills
• A genuine passion and interest for food and cooking with fresh, seasonal ingredients

What We're Looking For…

• Works well under pressure
• Bright and personable
• Enjoys working as part of a team
• Flexible and adaptable

Application Process

We'll be reviewing applications throughout the duration of the advert and may choose to bring the closing date forward; therefore, we'd encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience.

Work with us at Riverford

Be part of a inclusive and friendly canteen team.
More than just a veg box….Riverford are mad about organic veg. It's at the core of everything we do. We love to grow it, pack it into boxes, and deliver it to around 70,000 homes across the UK every week.

This takes loads of brilliant people - and working here makes you a 'co-owner', since Riverford is employee-owned. Success means much more than just profits; we want this to be a place people enjoy coming to work, and a business our co-owners feel proud of!

Delivering even greener veg

We're in the process of swapping diesel vans to electric, with the ambitious goal of being 100% electric vans for low-emission deliveries to our customers!

This role is a Permanent contract

39 hours per week – Working 5 varying shifts over Sunday to Friday, 7am to 2.30pm or 11am to 7pm, which is inclusive of Bank Holidays.

Location

Wash Barn, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0JU.

Pay

£12.65 per hour

What you'll be doing…

Our canteen provides our busy teams with healthy, fresh, organic meals which Riverford subsidises heavily. This makes it one of our most popular Co-Owner benefits. We serve breakfast & lunch 6 days per week and an early evening meal Sunday-Thursday.

Working as part of a small team you will help to produce and serve tasty meals for breakfast and lunch made with fantastic ingredients sourced from around the farm. Our food is simple, but really tasty.