Caterlink - Assistant Chef - Reading

Caterlink Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 9,500 - 12,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Virtual GP

Pension scheme

Great work-life balance (term-time, no

Job summary

Caterlink Ltd. is seeking an Assistant Chef at Whitley Park Primary in Reading to prepare and cook nutritionally balanced meals for students while maintaining high standards of food quality, presentation and service.

You will support planning, cooking and safe food practices in a busy school kitchen, and promote excellent customer service. The position is term-time only, with 25 hours per week and 38.6 weeks per year.

Qualifications

• Assist with planning, preparing and cooking meals to required standard.
• Ensure food safety and health and safety procedures are applied.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning, preparing and cooking meals.
• Brief kitchen teams on menus and service.
• Maintain high food safety standards.
• Carry out company bookwork.

Skills

Organisational skills

Hard-working

Passionate about food

Job description

We are looking for an Assistant Chef at Whitley Park Primary, Reading 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:

• 12.90 per hour
• 25 hours per week working Monday - Friday
• Term-time only - working 38.6 weeks per year (Incl x3 mandatory cleaning days)

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