Chef

Spring Nurseries; Taunton; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Chef to create nutritious meals for children. This role involves planning healthy menus, ensuring food safety compliance, and managing budgets, all while fostering a positive environment for young learners. Join a dedicated team committed to providing outstanding early education and making a meaningful difference in children's lives. If you have a love for cooking and a desire to contribute to a nurturing setting, this opportunity could be your next career step.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages

Annual staff awards

Employer contribution pension scheme

Employee discount portal

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar catering role is essential.
• Ability to manage food budgets and ensure compliance with food hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prepare healthy meals for children in nurseries.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene and safety regulations.
• Manage food stock and minimize waste.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Passion for Cooking

Nutritional Knowledge

Food Hygiene Compliance

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Role: Chef

Salary: Up to £23,400 per annum

Contract/Hours: Permanent Full/Time 40 hours a week

Location: Taunton

Closing date: Midnight on 29th June 2023

Benefits: Annual leave of 25 days public holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, check out more on our careers portal.

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About Spring

We are proud to be part of the Action for Children family, a national children's charity and our success in Spring makes a difference. With over 150 years of experience in caring for children and young people, we are an award-winning quality and ethical provider. Any profit we make is aligned to support vulnerable children and young people in need across the UK, through the work of Action for Children. We believe all children deserve the best early start in life. It's our mission to be the best provider of outstanding quality early education to children throughout the UK, that is accessible to all. We are looking to learn, have fun and make friends in our bright and engaging settings.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Chef or highly experienced cook who is passionate about the importance of nutrition. As part of the nursery team, you will:

1. Plan healthy meals for three of our local nurseries, ensuring they are nutritious, varied, and tasty, while considering the children's dietary and cultural requirements.
2. Take full responsibility for compliance with all relevant food hygiene and Health & Safety requirements.
3. Ensure that all stock is ordered and replenished as needed, that food is correctly stored in line with guidance, and that stock is rotated and all equipment is kept clean and in good repair.
4. Keep waste to a minimum, ensuring our impact on the environment is minimal and costs are kept low.
5. Manage the food budget and take responsibility for expenditure and invoicing.
6. Always follow the latest legislation in relation to food and food hygiene, and take part in all necessary training as needed.

What we need from you

In the role of Chef, we're ideally looking for someone who has:

1. A Basic food hygiene certificate.
2. A passion for cooking and creating healthy balanced meals.
3. Excellent organisational skills.
4. Experience in a similar role working in a catering environment.
5. Access to a car. The role requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the nurseries, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you.

Good to know

Application Process

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Diversity, equality and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies show that women and Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So, if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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