Casual Catering Assistant - Brentwood Area

Compass Group; Brentwood; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Brentwood is seeking a Casual Catering Assistant to deliver exceptional food experiences in schools. Responsibilities include food preparation and customer service, while ensuring a clean and hygienic work environment. Ideal candidates are passionate about food, team players, and reliable. This role offers casual hours during term time, competitive pay, and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

Holiday pay

NEST pension scheme

Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme

Excellent work/family life balance

Qualifications

• Passionate about food and providing excellent customer service.
• Able to work as part of a team and under pressure.
• Reliable and an exceptional timekeeper.

Responsibilities

• Prepare delicious food for customers.
• Serve customers and provide a fantastic service.
• Clean up after service and restock counters.
• Work on tills and handle paperwork.
• Comply with Food Handling and Hygiene Standards.

Skills

Passionate about food

Fantastic communication

Ability to work under pressure

Timekeeping and reliability

Friendly and approachable

Driving a car

Job description

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Casual Catering Assistant to help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our pupils at various schools in the Brentwood area.

In return we offer an excellent work life balance, support and a fantastic company culture for a business committed to providing healthy food to children. At Pabulum, you're important; without our employees we wouldn't be where we are today with such a strong, innovative, and constantly growing business.

With over 120 sites across Southern England there's plenty of opportunity for you to grow, learn and develop. We are now seeking a talented Casual Catering Assistant to join our fantastic team!

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing our delicious food
• Serving our lovely customers and providing a fantastic service
• Working well as part of team
• Cleaning up after service
• Replenishing counters
• Working on the tills and completing paperwork
• Complying with Food Handling and Hygiene Standards

Our ideal Casual Catering Assistant will be:

• Passionate about food
• A fantastic communicator who works well as part of a team
• Able to work under pressure
• An exceptional timekeeper and reliable
• Friendly and approachable
• Able to drive their own car

Role details and benefits include:

• Casual hours per week
• Term time only
• £12.21 per hour
• Monday to Friday
• Holiday pay
• NEST pension scheme
• Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme
• Excellent work/ family life balance due to term time only contract

At Pabulum there are three basic ingredients for your role;

• The food-Here at Pabulum, we take our values so seriously that we put Education, Passion, Sensation, and Innovation forefront of everything we do. 94% of our food is freshly prepared on site every day, using 75% British produce and little or no frozen or processed foods.
• The people - Happy customers always come back for more, so we expect you to ensure they have an excellent customer experience.
• And you - We are recruiting for a Casual Catering Assistant to join our positive and professional team.

As you will be working in Education, you must provide two employment/character references and we'll also carry out an Enhanced DBS / Criminal Record Check as well (which we'll pay for).

Interested in becoming part of the Pabulum family?

Please apply online.

Job Reference: com/1911/42389001/52765927/R/BU #Pabulum

CH&CO, a part of Compass Group UK&I, is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!