Cook

Thomas Franks Ltd; Bedford; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Workplace pension

Career progression

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd in Bedford is seeking a dedicated Cook to join our team. You will prepare breakfast, lunch and hospitality services using fresh seasonal ingredients and will follow our brand standards. This is a full-time, permanent role on a 44-week contract, typically Monday to Friday.

You will work with a supportive team in a reputable independent contract catering company, with opportunities to showcase your culinary skills and contribute to high-quality service for our school setting.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate in verbal English.
• Good written English and reading skills.
• Experience in customer service or food preparation environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team to provide breakfast, lunch and hospitality services.
• Prepare food from scratch using fresh ingredients and adhere to brand standards.
• Ensure food hygiene, safety and allergen controls are followed.
• Assist with pot wash duties and maintain cleanliness as needed.
• Provide excellent customer service and be a strong team player.

Skills

English communication

Team player

Attention to detail

Food preparation

Job description

Cook

Bedford

Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £14.60 Per/ hour
Hours: 30 per week

An independent pre-preparatory school with an outstanding nursery, located in the heart of Bedford for students from the age of 12 months to 9 years. Catering for about 120 students and teachers daily, we offer a core feeding of Lunch with some hospitality. This is a 44 week contract and operates Monday to Friday.

We are looking for a talented Cook to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Bedford.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities:

• To work well in a team, providing breakfast, lunch & hospitality
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great team player

You will have the following skills:

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised person with attention to detail

Knowledge / competencies:

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

Benefits:

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.