Caterlink - Assistant Chef

Caterlink Ltd; Little London; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Virtual GP

Job summary

Caterlink Ltd is seeking an Assistant Chef for St Mary's Catholic Secondary in Bishop's Stortford. You will plan, prepare and cook meals to the required standard, while ensuring excellent service, food safety and strong team collaboration.

This term-time role offers 35 hours per week (38 weeks per year) at £15.00 per hour, with DBS checks processed and access to our employee benefits platform and support programmes.

Qualifications

• Experience in cooking and food preparation.
• Ability to maintain high standards of food safety.
• DBS disclosure will be obtained for the role.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare and cook meals to the required standard and ensure quality and presentation.
• Brief kitchen teams on menus and service.
• Ensure all food safety and health and safety procedures are applied.

Skills

Food preparation

Food safety

Team briefing

Job description

We are looking for an Assistant Chef at St Mary's Catholic Secondary, in Bishop's Stortford who 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.

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.

• £15.00 per hour
• 35 hours per week working Monday - Friday
• Term-time only - working 38 weeks 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.
• 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 Program and 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 Pension scheme