Caterlink - Catering Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Chichester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Catering Assistant to provide nutritionally balanced meals for students. This role offers a fantastic work/life balance, working only during term time with no weekends. The ideal candidate will be friendly and hardworking, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and maintaining high food safety standards. With full training provided, this position is perfect for those looking to grow in a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusivity.

Benefits

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Virtual GP Services

Pension Scheme Eligibility

Blended Learning Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience is preferred but not essential; full training will be given.
• A love of cooking is needed.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food and snacks, ensuring kitchen cleanliness.
• Serve food to students and complete food safety training.

Skills

Food Preparation

Customer Service

Food Safety Standards

Education

Experience in Catering

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02.05.2025

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Company 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 a Catering Assistant who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. We are looking for a friendly, hard-working and approachable team member to perform a variety of food production tasks along with food service.

Tasks will include preparing food and snacks, ensuring the kitchen and restaurant areas are clean and tidy, serving food to our students and completing food safety training. You should be passionate about delivering an efficient service to our students whilst ensuring we maintain great customer service and high food safety standards.

With Caterlink, you will have an excellent work/life balance – working term-time only and no weekends, so this role is great for those looking for flexibility. The hours for this position are to be discussed.

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.

Qualifications

Experience is preferred but not essential as full training will be given. A love of cooking will be needed.

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including:

• Opportunities for blended learning programmes, including formal qualifications like Apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning, and on-the-job training to support your development.
• Enjoy a great work/life balance with term-time only work and no weekends.
• Access to our Employee Discount Platform for savings at supermarkets, cinemas, restaurants, holidays, family days out, and more.
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP services for you and your family.
• Potential eligibility to join our Pension scheme.