Caterlink - Relief Catering Assistant

BaxterStorey; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in the education sector seeks a Relief Catering Assistant for a mobile-based role in Reading. The position offers flexibility with term-time hours and no weekends, ensuring a great work/life balance. Successful candidates will work to provide nutritious meals, maintain cleanliness, and ensure high food safety standards while enjoying various benefits including employee discounts and development opportunities.

Benefits

Employee Discount Platform

Access to Employee Assistance Program

Pension scheme eligibility

Qualifications

• Passionate about delivering efficient service.
• Ability to maintain high food safety standards.
• Friendly and approachable.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food and snacks for students.
• Ensure kitchen areas are clean and tidy.
• Serve food and complete food safety training.

Skills

Customer Service

Food Safety Standards

Teamwork

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Caterlink - Relief Catering Assistant, Reading

Client: BaxterStorey

Location: Reading, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

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EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: c54837a7bcf3

Job Views: 4

Posted: 02.06.2025

Expiry Date: 17.07.2025

Job Description:

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 Relief Catering Assistant to support our existing site-based teams who will 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.

This role will be a mobile-based role so you will therefore need to have your own transport. 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.

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