Catering Assistant

Teaching Vacancies; Totnes; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Ace Catering is seeking a Catering Assistant to support school catering operations in Totnes. You will help with basic food preparation, cooking, serving meals, and maintaining a clean, hygienic kitchen environment to ensure smooth daily operations.

The role requires a welcoming, polite team player who can work under pressure and follow health and safety procedures. Training and development opportunities are available within a collaborative school catering team.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering is preferred.
• Understanding of food hygiene standards is essential.
• Previous food handling experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Basic preparation of food and simple cooking.
• Serving meals with proper portion control.
• Serve customers politely and maintain a friendly service.
• Clean kitchen, surrounds and equipment in line with hygiene standards.
• Washing up and general kitchen duties as directed.
• Use kitchen equipment as directed by Kitchen Manager.
• Prepare dining area and maintain food safety practices.
• Adhere to health and safety regulations at all times.
• Support promotions and participate in training.

Skills

Team player

Welcoming environment

Polite

Work under pressure

Food hygiene

Food prep

Can-do attitude

Attention to detail

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are ideally seeking individuals that have previous experience within the catering sector and welcome enthusiastic individuals who are looking to develop within the catering industry. Ace Catering prides itself on freshly prepared, local and seasonal produce and providing nutritious and tasty meals for its pupils. As a Catering Assistant, the responsibilities are shared within the team and include preparation, cooking, storing, cleaning duties, delivery and presentation in order to support the catering operation and maintain the efficient running of the kitchen. The role includes maintaining high standards and ensuring a clean, hygienic and organised environment.

Duties:

• Basic preparation of food and simple cooking
• Serving meals ensuring correct portion control
• Serving customers in a polite and friendly manner
• Cleaning kitchen, its surrounds and equipment
• General kitchen duties e.g. washing up
• Using the equipment as directed by Kitchen Manager
• Preparation of dining area
• Ensure food hygiene and health and safety regulation are adhered to at all times
• Adhere to existing and new working practices, methods, procedures and respond positively to new and alternative systems
• Taking an active part in any promotions
• Participate in training and development
• Carry out ad hoc duties as directed by Kitchen Manager

Skills:

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to promote a welcoming environment to our customers
• Polite and friendly
• Work well under pressure
• Understanding of food hygiene
• Experience of working with food previously is essential
• Neat and tidy in appearance
• A 'can do' attitude, prepared to assist the rest of the team

What the school offers its staff

We live our mission of Excellence through Cultivating Character, Sharing Talents and Pursuing Innovation, and return to this constantly to help guide every action. At the heart of all we do is the pursuit of excellence; we want to grow an exceptional trust, comprised of excellent schools.

We are achieving this through our shared core values of Collaboration, Community, Integrity, Equity, and of course Uncompromising Excellence. We are truly collaborative and we work together within, and across, our schools to ensure that all our children and members of staff achieve their potential. Together we work to create a full and rich curriculum offer allowing everyone to flourish - we translate our vision of excellence into our every-day practice.

We are proud of our successful learning outcomes, but we aspire to achieve more than just academic excellence for our children. We also want our children to become successful learners, healthy thinkers, curious explorers, caring citizens, knowledgeable participants and confident individuals.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.