Caterlink - Assistant Chef - Newbury

Caterlink Ltd; Newbury; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount platform

Employee assistance program

Virtual GP

Pension scheme

Job summary

Caterlink Ltd in Newbury is seeking a dedicated kitchen assistant for term-time only service. You will assist with planning, preparing and cooking meals to the required standard and help maintain high food safety and customer service standards.

The role involves briefing kitchen teams on menus, ensuring health and safety compliance, and handling company bookwork. The position is part-time, 22.5 hours per week, paid at £12.71 per hour, with term-time only working and no weekend shifts.

Qualifications

• Organised, reliable and committed to quality food service.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Organised

Hard-working

Passionate

Job description

We are looking for an Thatcham Park Primary Thatcham 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:

• 12.71 per hour
• 22.5 hours per week working Monday - Friday
• Term-time only - working

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.

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.

• 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