Assistant Chef and Cook

Caterlink; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading food service company is seeking an Assistant Chef at Dane Royd Junior and Infants School in Wakefield. You will ensure the delivery of nutritionally balanced and tasty meals while maintaining high food safety standards. This is a term-time position requiring 30 hours of work per week during school terms, providing a great work/life balance with no weekends. The role demands an enthusiastic individual who can contribute to the kitchen team's success and uphold the company’s reputation for quality service.

Benefits

Blended learning programme including qualifications

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Pension scheme eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in food preparation and cooking to required standards.
• Ability to work efficiently in a team.
• Full driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning, preparing, and cooking meals.
• Ensure adherence to food safety and health standards.
• Brief kitchen teams on menus and service.

Skills

Organised

Passionate about customer service

Understanding of food safety standards

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for an Assistant Chef at Dane Royd Junior and Infants School, in Hall Green, Wakefield 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.

The role

• £13.00 per hour
• 30 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.

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 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
• Full driving licence required for this role