Cook

Aspens Services; Brentford; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Aspens Services, a leading contract catering company in the education sector, seeks an experienced Cook to join their team. Your role will focus on preparing healthy meals, ensuring high food quality and hygiene standards, while enjoying a rewarding work-life balance with term time hours. Opportunities for training and career development are available.

Benefits

Training courses and apprenticeships available.

35 hours per week with no late nights.

Work during school term time, offering a great work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of education catering and fresh ingredients usage.
• Ability to follow recipes and maintain hygiene standards.
• Self-motivated with initiative and a desire to learn.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and delivery of nutritious and fun menu.
• Ensure compliance with Food Hygiene and Health and Safety.
• Build relationships with clients and customers.

Skills

Food Hygiene

Health and Safety Practices

Craft Skills

Customer Service

Education

Food Hygiene Level 2

Job description

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Aspens Services Ltd is a market-leading contract catering company specialising in school food. By combining our understanding of the education sector with our knowledge of what's on trend in the food world, we encourage creativity and excitement in our kitchens, allowing our teams to do what they do best and provide fantastic food experiences for the children.

By providing excellent care and services to both clients and children, we have ensured the successful growth of the company, and to keep up with the rapid pace of this growth, we are now looking for an experienced Cook to join the team.

The role:

As a Cook in one of our schools, you will be responsible for the preparation and delivery of a healthy, nutritious and fun menu for the students and staff. You will focus on delivering the highest quality of food and service, along with having the flair, originality and the ability to make this one of the best catering offers in the area.

Your responsibilities will include:

Preparation of the menu, using the recipes provided

Ensuring Food Hygiene, Allergen and Health and Safety compliance

The production of Hospitality as per the client's requests

Building relationships with both the client and customers

Providing a friendly and polite customer service experience for all

About you

We need someone who shares our passion for delivering exceptional food and service to our schools, along with the following skills and experience:

Ideally, you will have some knowledge of education catering, having used fresh ingredients and possess excellent craft skills

You have Food Hygiene level 2 (further training will be available)

You have excellent knowledge of health and safety practices

You're self-motivated, able to use your initiative, have a desire to learn and achieve, whilst motivating others

Firstly, we offer fantastic hours. You'll work Monday to Friday during school term time, meaning more time with friends and family and no working at Christmas!

This role is:

35 hours per week, with no late nights

Working 37 weeks per year based around term time - what could you do with all that time off?

£15.50 per hour

You'll also benefit from:

Working for a fast-growing, ambitious company. There is no ceiling here in terms of where you can take your career

A dedicated L&D team to support you in developing your skills, including apprenticeships and training courses that are available for everyone.

Please note, we do expect all staff to share our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/young people, and an enhanced DBS disclosure will be sought by the company.