Catering Assistant

BaxterStorey; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading contract catering firm in East Grinstead is seeking a Catering Assistant. This role involves delivering high-quality food services at a prestigious independent school while ensuring excellent customer service and complying with food safety standards. Ideal candidates should have experience in education catering, strong organization skills, and a passion for delivering nutritious meals. This position offers 40 hours per week and includes various employee benefits, including career development opportunities and free meals at work.

Benefits

Free meals while at work

Career development opportunities

Employee assistance program

Pension scheme

28 holiday days inclusive of bank holidays

Qualifications

• Must have experience working within education catering.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety.
• Demonstrate great attention to detail and organization.

Responsibilities

• Deliver efficient service to students.
• Maintain customer service and food safety standards.
• Prepare and serve nutritious food.

Skills

Experience in education catering

Health & Safety knowledge

Customer service skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Flexible approach to work

Job description

Company Description

£ an hour 40hr week two positions available

Based in the Heart of the Sussex Countryside – East Grinstead. RH19 3PD

Holroyd Howe is one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are currently recruiting for a Catering Assistant to work at one of prestigious Independent Schools based in East Grinstead.

The successful applicant will be based at the school in East Grinstead overlooking the Ashdown Forest, in its own woodlands. The views are amazing.

Are you a Catering Assistant who is passionate about the food, you prepare and want to ensure you work where you can make a difference then this could be the next move for you.

We are looking for a Catering Assistant that can not only assist in delivering tasty food but also make a difference in delivering nutritionally balanced food to our future generations.

The Catering Assistant will be responsible for delivering an efficient service to our students while ensuring we maintain great customer service and high food safety standards.

We have 1 position available a 40 hrs a week with additional work for the summer school

Job Description

As a catering Assistant you will ….

• Ideally have experience working within Education catering
• Have good Health & Safety knowledge
• Fun and enthusiastic
• Be a team player, and enjoy succeeding as a team
• Possess great customer service skills
• Have a flexible approach to work

Qualifications

• Ideally have experience working within Education catering
• 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

As a Holroyd Howe colleague working as Catering Assistant in East Grinstead you will be entitled to a variety of benefits including :

• Free meals whilst at work
• Career development opportunities
• HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels
• Reward & recognition schemes
• People awards to celebrate our employees
• Work / life balance
• Employee Benefits Platform
• Employee Assistance Program
• Recommend a friend scheme
• Company sick pay scheme
• Prestigious working environments
• Team events scheduled throughout the year
• 28 Holiday days inclusive of bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Competitive salary

We invest in the training and development of our teams to give them the appropriate skills necessary to thrive in their job roles. We have outstanding teams of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children, of all ages, meeting the bespoke requirements of our clients.

“Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe are regarded as regulated activity and therefore we require an Enhanced DBS which includes a Barred List Check for all successful applicants. We will also require shortlisted applicants to provide appropriate information regarding their criminal offences.”

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

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