Catering Assistant

Holroyd Howe; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Chelmsford seeks a Catering Assistant to support food service delivery in a prestigious education setting. The role involves ensuring high-quality meals and requires a background in education catering and excellent organizational skills. Candidates should be passionate about food and service, with a customer-focused approach. Benefits include 28 days of holiday, discounted high street brands, and training opportunities.

Benefits

28 days holiday including bank holidays

3 volunteering days

Free meals while at work

Discounts on high street brands

Qualifications

• Experience in education catering preferred.
• Good health and safety knowledge.
• Flexible and customer-focused with a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support daily food and service delivery.
• Ensure high-quality, nutritious meals.
• Assist in hospitality service throughout the year.

Skills

Customer service

Food presentation

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Job description

Company Description

£12.60 an hour - Working hours between 11.30 - 19.30, Monday to Friday. Some weekends may be required. This is a term time only contract, working 34 weeks per year.

Why Join us?

• 28 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• 3 volunteering days to give back to causes you care about
• 3 days grandparent leave for those special family moments
• 24 weeks enhanced maternity leave
• Bespoke training & development opportunities
• Pension & life insurance
• Discounts on high street brands, cinema & holidays via the Perkbox App
• Wellbeing hub & access to employee assistance programme
• Free meals while at work
• Career development & HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels
  
  

About the role:

We are seeking enthusiastic and reliable Catering assistant to support the day-to-day food and service delivery across the school. This role is essential in ensuring pupils, staff, and visitors receive high-quality, nutritious meals served with care, efficiency, and attention to detail.

You will be joining Holroyd Howe, one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh, innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.

Our mission is simple: To provide our teams with the right skills to succeed in their jobs, we invest in their training and development. Our exceptional teams of seasoned specialists customise our catering services to fit children of all ages and satisfy the unique needs of our clients.

Job Description

The essential ingredient at the heart of our business is our people so we are searching for an experienced service with a background in exceptional food catering services to join our business and work at one of our highly prestigious education settings.

Our location is contentiously striving for excellence . The site caters for day pupils as well as boarders and staff and includes not only a breakfast, lunch and supper service but also an extensive hospitality service. This operates year round.

As well as having an excellent presentation, organisational and communication skills, you will be able to demonstrate a real passion for food & service and possess bags of enthusiasm

Qualifications

• Ideally have experience working within Education catering
• Have a progressive career to date
• Have good Health & Safety knowledge
• Flexible with a can-do attitude, customer focused
• Fun and enthusiastic
• Have excellent organization skills
• Demonstrate great attention to detail
• Be a team player, and enjoy succeeding as a team
• Possess great customer service skills
• Have a flexible approach to work
  
  

Additional Information

We pride ourselves on:

People first

We’re a company of individuals, united in doing our best for our clients.

Great food, always

Using only the best ingredients, our food is fresh, authentic and tailored to each school, age group, and specific needs and preferences.

Food education

We educate pupils through food, encouraging them to understand and develop their own personal tastes and make informed food choices.

Respect in everything we do

Our respectful codes of conduct inform how we behave towards our clients and customers, suppliers and business partners, and each other.

Fresh thinking

New ideas for food, service and ways of working help us maintain our position as creative leaders in school catering.

In order to be considered for this role you must be able to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK.

Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe involve regulated activity. It is a criminal offence for individuals barred from working with children to apply for such roles. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, including a Barred List check will be required for all successful applicants. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to provide information about relevant criminal offences and will be subject to an online search of publicly available information. This search helps identify any issues that may affect suitability to work with children.

This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.