Catering Assistant

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Esher; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Workplace pension

Excellent career progression

Training and development

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd. is seeking a Catering Assistant for Esher on a term-time basis. The role pays £15 per hour, with 40 hours per week during 40 weeks per year, and includes free on-site parking.

You will serve meals, help set up dining areas, maintain hygiene, assist with stock, and interact with students and staff in a busy school catering environment.

Qualifications

• Serve clients during breakfast, lunch or dinner service.
• Prepare food following hygiene and safety practices.
• Ensure kitchen is left clean and tidy to required standard.
• Restock and replenish stocks during service periods.
• Operate cleaning/dishwashing equipment and maintain storage areas.
• Complete all necessary cleaning/hygiene duties.
• Interact with customers and client staff.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to policies and procedures to promote professionalism and flexibility.
• Wear the correct uniform.
• Check food temperatures during service.
• Carry out management requests.
• Report health and safety hazards to the manager.

Job description

Catering Assistant for Esher contract, Casual. Salary: £15 per hour. Hours per week: 40.

A co-educational independent day school for children aged 2 to 18, situated just outside Esher, Surrey. Catering for just about 1,400 students and teachers. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch, tuck shop and match teas. There will be a lot of hospitality offering at this location. This is a term‑time only contract working 40 weeks a year. The school operates Monday to Friday and includes free on‑site parking.

Role requirements (Task & Responsibilities)

• Serve clients during breakfast, lunch or dinner service.
• Help set up the dining room for service.
• Prepare food for service, following good hygiene and safety practices and the standard specified.
• Ensure the kitchen is left clean and tidy to the required standard of the Chef Manager or the hygiene standards set by the company / client.
• Clear, clean and store away any food, beverage or equipment required for special functions.
• Restock and replenish stocks and consumables as required during service periods to achieve optimum customer service delivery.
• Operate cleaning, dishwashing equipment. Properly clean and store equipment, service, preparation and storage areas.
• Complete all necessary cleaning/hygiene duties.
• Interact and acknowledge all customers and client staff.

General Responsibilities

• Ensure that all policies and procedural requirements of both legislation and company are adhered to in order to always promote a professional and flexible approach.
• Ensure that the correct uniform is always worn neatly and cleanly.
• Ensure all necessary checks are carried out in the service and associated areas for food temperatures.
• Carry out all reasonable requests of the management.
• Be conscientious with regard to Health & Safety and report any hazards to the manager.

Key personal skills and attributes

• Previous experience of working within a catering environment.
• Previous experience of serving customers within a catering establishment.
• Team‑working abilities, listening skills, ability to work on own initiative, impeccable personal presentation, hygiene and behaviour to others. Food hygiene certificate preferred.
• The ability to be adaptable and flexible as necessary. Reliable, honest and able to demonstrate an open, attentive approach to customer service.
• Willingness to learn new skills and take some responsibility.
• Ability to manage some moderately heavy lifting, carrying and pushing.

Knowledge / competencies

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred.

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc.).
• Free meals on duty.
• Voluntary leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder‑led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people, are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role. An enhanced DBS, identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) disclosure service to assess applicants’ suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind‑over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under‑represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.