Food Service Assistant

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Bagshot; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

On-site parking

Cycle to work scheme

Staff benefits

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd. is hiring a Food Service Assistant for our Bagshot location. The role is 35 hours per week, full time and permanent, operating term-time with 38.8 weeks per year and occasional Saturdays. The salary is £18,916.94 with on-site parking provided at a prestigious school site.

You will join a busy school catering team, handling breakfast through to supper and supporting with salads and sandwiches as required, while maintaining high hygiene and service standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in busy kitchen environments preferred.
• Ability to interact with customers and staff professionally.
• An understanding of basic food safety and hygiene practices.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to school catering routines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for service following hygiene and safety standards.
• Keep kitchen and prep areas clean and organized as directed.
• Restock stocks and assist with buffer and event functions.
• Interact with customers and staff in a courteous manner.
• Support with food preparation for salads, sandwiches, and service periods.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Teamworking

Food hygiene awareness

Customer service

Health & safety

Job description

Food Service Assistant Bagshot Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: 18916.94
Hours: 35 per week

A leading co-educational preparatory school in Bagshot, Surrey, catering for pupils from Nursery through to Year 10, with approximately 440 students and staff catered for each day.

The catering provision includes breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack and supper, alongside a varied hospitality offering throughout the school year. Due to hospitality and school events, there will be a requirement to work occasional Saturdays on a rotational basis. This is a term-time only position, working 38.8 weeks per year.

An additional benefit of this location is free on-site parking.

We are looking for a motivated Food Service Assistant to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Bagshot.

Role requirements (Task & Responsibilities):

• Prepare food for service, following good hygiene and safety practices and to the standard specified.
• Ensure the kitchen is left clean and tidy to the required standard of the Chef Manager or to the Hygiene standards set by the company / Client.
• Clear, clean and store away any food, beverage or equipment required for special functions.
• Restock and replenish stocks and consumables as required during service periods, to achieve optimum customer service delivery.
• Operate cleaning, dishwashing equipment. Properly clean and store equipment, service, preparation and storage areas.
• Complete all / any necessary cleaning/hygiene duties.
• Interact and acknowledge all customers and client staff

General Responsibilities:

• Ensure attendance to all staff meetings as required
• Ensure that all policies and procedural requirements of both legislation and company are adhered to in order to promote a professional and flexible approach at all times.
• Ensure that the correct uniform is worn neatly and cleanly at all times.
• Ensure all necessary checks are carried out in the service and associated areas for food temperatures.
• Carry out all reasonable request of the management.
• Be conscientious with regard to Health & Safety and report any hazards to the manager.
• Key personal skills and attributes
• Previous experience of working within a busy kitchen environment (preferred)
• Someone who enjoys working with fresh food and is prepared to support with the preparation of salads, sandwiches etc.
• Previous experience of serving customers within a catering establishment (preferred)
• Team working abilities, Listening skills, the ability to work on own initiative, impeccable personal presentation, hygiene and behaviour to others, Food hygiene certificate preferred.
• The ability to be adaptable and be flexible as necessary. Reliable, Honest and able to demonstrate an open attentive approach to customer service.
• Willingness to learn new skills and take some responsibility.
• Ability to manage some moderately heavy lifting, carrying, and pushing.

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.