Caterlink - Assistant Chef

Caterlink; Havant; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Blended learning

Term-time schedule

No weekends

Employee discounts

EAP & Virtual GP

Pension scheme

Job summary

Caterlink is seeking an Apprentice Chef at Havant Academy, Portsmouth area, to ensure nutritionally balanced and tasty meals for students. You will work with the catering team and Development Chefs, gaining hands-on training and support to succeed in a role focused on food quality and service.

The role is term-time only (38 weeks per year) and up to 30 hours per week, with on-site duties and a strong emphasis on learning and development within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Organised, hardworking and passionate individual.
• Apprenticeship options available discussed during interview.
• Willingness to learn and commit to developing cooking skills on the job.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning, preparing and cooking of meals to required standard.
• Brief kitchen teams on menus and service, ensuring smooth operations.
• Ensure all food safety and health and safety procedures are applied continuously.
• Carry out company bookwork as required.

Job description

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Job Description

We are looking for an Apprentice Chef at Havant Academy, with the ability to work within the Portsmouth areawho wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. We are looking for an organised, hard-working and passionate individual to ensure that the food quality, presentation and service are provided to the required standard. You should be passionate about delivering an efficient service to our students whilst ensuring we maintain great customer service and high food safety standards.

As part of your interview process, we will discuss with you the apprenticeship options available. We are actively looking for someone who is passionate about food and may not have started their journey yet within the industry, as long as they are committed and have an appetite to learn, this is the role for you.

As part of this role you will spend time on site with the catering team, but will also spend time with a number of our Development Chefs and Craft Trainers to ensure that you are given the support you need to succeed.

The role:

• £12.71per hour
• Up to 30hours per week working Monday - Friday
• Term-time only - working 38weeks per year

You will assist with all planning, preparing and cooking of meals to the required standard and you will ensure that the company’s reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers. Other tasks will include briefing kitchen teams on menus and service, ensuring all food safety and health and safety procedures are applied continuously and carry out company bookwork.

Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including:

• With Caterlink you have the opportunity to a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including Apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.
• Working for Caterlink ensure you are able to enjoy a great work/life balance - this is the beauty of working term-time only and no weekends!
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• Our Employee Assistance Programand Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may be eligible to join our Pensionscheme