Cook - Zero Hours Contract

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Glastonbury; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Blue Light Card discounts

Cycle to Work

Refer a friend bonus

Job summary

Brunelcare in Glastonbury is recruiting a catering assistant on a zero-hour contract to support the Head Chef in planning, preparing, and serving nutritious meals for residents and visitors in Somerset. The role requires prior catering experience, reliability for varied hours including weekends, and a willingness to train and develop skills.

You will help maintain high food quality, ensure timely service, and uphold strict kitchen cleanliness and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a catering environment and excellent catering skills are essential.
• Available to work various hours and weekend shifts.
• Willingness to undergo training and develop qualifications as required by the role.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Chef with planning, organising, preparing, presenting, and serving high-quality, nutritious meals for residents and visitors.
• Ensure all food is produced to high standards and delivered to service points at the right time.
• Maintain high cleanliness and ensure health and safety procedures are followed.
• If required, step in for the Head Chef and carry out their responsibilities.

Skills

Catering experience

Catering skills

Teamwork

Flexibility

Willingness to train

Job description

The Vacancy

Holiday Trading Scheme

Health Cash Plan

Free Blue Light Card

Salary£13.31 - £14.61 per hour, depending on experience

LocationGlastonbury, Somerset

HoursZero Hour Contract

About the role

• To assist the Head Chef with planning, organising, preparing, presenting, and serving high-quality, nutritious meals for residents and visitors.

• Ensure all food is produced to our high standards and the correct quantities are delivered to relevant service points at the right time.

• Maintain high cleanliness throughout the kitchen and ensure all of Brunelcare’s Health and Safety procedures are implemented.

• If required, you may be asked to step in for the Head Chef if they are absent and carry out their responsibilities.

About you

• Previous experience in a catering environment and excellent catering skills are essential.

• Available to work various hours and shift patterns, including weekends.

• Work well within the team, maintaining effective communication at all times.

• Willingness to undergo further training and development and attain relevant qualifications and specialised experience where required.

Job benefits

• Competitive rates of pay

• Equivalent to 30 days of paid annual leave (excluding of bank holidays), increasing to the equivalent of 33 after 5 years’ service (pro-rata)

• Access to a fully-funded Medicash Health Plan to save up to £995 on health essentials; like going to the dentist or opticians and access to telephone and video GP appointments

• Blue Light Card discount service, offering online and high street discounts

• Colleague Voice Representatives, enabling you to have your say

• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Optima Health Employee Assistance Programme (provides a range of free, confidential services) and in-house Mental Health First Aiders available
• £200 refer a friend bonus

Please Note:

If you are invited to an interview, you will be asked to bring documents to allow us to undertake a DBS check and confirm your right-to-work status. The documents required will be communicated to you by the hiring manager when booking your interview. Any copies of documents taken will be destroyed per our document retention and GDPR guidelines.

Brunelcare is committed to equity, equality, diversity and inclusion, and this is embedded in our strategy and supported through our policies and processes. We welcome the opportunity to make reasonable adjustments where this would support you to make an application.

About Brunelcare

Established in 1941, Brunelcare is an award-winning Bristol based charity providing high-quality housing, care, and support for older people in the South West.

Today, across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Somerset, Brunelcare works to support people to remain as independent as possible, for as long as possible.

The extensive range of our services means that people can stay with us however their needs may change.

We are also widely recognised for our expertise and excellence in caring for people living with dementia, and for supporting their families.

As a charity, we do not pay dividends to shareholders, and any profit we make is reinvested back into the services we provide.