Catering Assistant (Ref 250)

Accent Catering Services Ltd; Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering services provider in New Malden is seeking a Catering Assistant to join their team. This permanent position entails working 32.5 hours per week during term time, with all school holidays off. Responsibilities include food preparation, serving, and maintaining cleanliness. Applicants should have good communication skills and a customer-friendly approach, though experience is not strictly necessary as training will be provided.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Free meals on duty

Career development opportunities

Discount platform

Team events and competitions

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role would be an advantage.
• Ability to demonstrate a clear understanding of the English language.
• Willingness to undertake basic training.

Responsibilities

• General kitchen duties.
• Food preparation and serving.
• Maintaining high standards of presentation of food.
• Assisting with inventory management.
• Speaking to customers in a friendly and professional manner.

Skills

Good communication skills

Teamwork

Customer service

Job description

Job Advert

We have an exciting opportunity at our school site in New Malden, KT3 for a Catering Assistant to join the team at Accent.

This is a permanent position, working 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term-time only - so all the school holidays off!

Who are Accent Catering?
Accent Catering Services Ltd are one of the UK’s leading contract caterers providing innovative food service solutions to schools and businesses.

Benefits of working with Accent

• Competitive salaries
• Free meals on duty
• Career development opportunities
• Reward gateway platform with multiple discounts and offers
• HIT apprenticeships for all experience levels
• Team events and competitions throughout the year
• Shining stars awards
• Pension scheme and life insurance
• Work life balance
• Employee Assistance Programme for mental health and financial support
• Company sick pay scheme
• Recommend a friend scheme

Daily tasks and responsibilities

• General kitchen duties
• Putting away deliveries
• Food preparation
• Serving, cleaning and washing up
• Assisting with inventory management
• Maintaining high standards of presentation of food and replenishing counters keeping them looking attractive throughout the service time
• Speaking to each customer in a friendly, helpful and professional manner
• Undertaking all basic training and working effectively with colleagues as part of a team

This is a customer-facing position so in addition to the above you will also need good communication skills and be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of the English language.

Experience in a similar role would be an advantage but full training will be provided for the successful candidate.

Accent Catering is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this role and appropriate evidence is necessary to support the application.

You will be required to prove your right to work in the UK and to provide two referees at interview stage.

The Company treats personal data collected during the recruitment process in accordance with its data protection policy. Information about how your data is used and the basis for processing your data is provided in the Company's privacy notice which can be found on our website.

We look forward to receiving your application!

We do experience a high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks then unfortunately your application is not being progressed however we are happy for you to contact us further should you wish to do so.

Accent Catering have been named in The Caterer's prestigious awards as one of the best places to work in hospitality in 2020. Don't miss your chance to become part of our award winning team!