Care Kitchen Assistant — Food Prep & Hygiene

Gold Care Homes; Hungerford; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

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Salary £12.80 per hour

Job summary

Gold Care Homes in Hungerford is seeking a kitchen assistant to support meal preparation and maintain high standards of cleanliness in a care home kitchen. You will assist with breakfast items, vegetable prep and sandwich making, while ensuring correct storage and safe handling of goods.

The role requires you to follow health and safety regulations and keep kitchen areas organised, with daily dishwashing and equipment cleaning responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist, as directed, with the preparation of produce for meal time service this may include cooking of breakfast items, vegetable preparation and the making of sandwiches.
• To ensure that all kitchen equipment and kitchen areas are cleaned according to the cleaning schedules. Therefore, you must have the ability to be organised.
• To ensure statutory and Company Health and Safety Regulations are adhered to.
• To ensure correct storage of all dry and perishable cook chill goods as soon as possible after receipt and checking.
• To ensure the correct, safe storage of cleaning materials.
• To ensure that all crockery, cutlery and drinking vessels for resident’s use are thoroughly cleaned using the main kitchen dish washing machine.
• To ensure that all pots, pans, cooking utensils and service counter containers are cleaned to the required standards and correctly stored after cleaning.

Job description

Gold Care Homes in Hungerford is seeking a kitchen assistant to support meal preparation and maintain high standards of cleanliness in a care home kitchen. You will assist with breakfast items, vegetable prep and sandwich making, while ensuring correct storage and safe handling of goods.

The role requires you to follow health and safety regulations and keep kitchen areas organised, with daily dishwashing and equipment cleaning responsibilities.