Front of House Assistant

Holroyd Howe; Bushey; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension and life insurance

Perkbox discounts on high street shops

Free meals whilst at work

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Holroyd Howe is seeking a Front of House Assistant to join our education catering team at St Margaret's, Bushey. This full-time role covers 40 hours per week during term time, with a starter rate of £12.71 per hour and regular overtime for events.

You will support in food prep, maintain clean service areas, and deliver friendly, hygienic customer service to pupils and staff while upholding safety standards and high-quality dining experiences.

Qualifications

• Ideally have experience working within Education catering
• Have good Health & Safety knowledge
• Flexible with a can-do attitude, customer focused
• Fun and enthusiastic
• Have excellent organization skills
• Demonstrate great attention to detail
• Be a team player, and enjoy succeeding as a team
• Have a flexible approach to work

Responsibilities

• To assist in the preparation of food and snacks
• To keep the kitchen and restaurant areas in a clean and tidy state at all times
• To provide a friendly, efficient and hygienic service to all customers
• To ensure that customers are given a prompt and efficient service and expectations are consistently exceeded
• To be customer focused at all times, by being visible during service periods, approachable and quick to exceed expectations in fulfilling customer needs
• To project a willing and helpful attitude to customers; to seek knowledge of food items and keep areas stocked
• To cooperate with all team members and undertake duties to ensure efficient service
• To attend food safety, health and safety and environmental training courses as required

Skills

Front of House

Education catering

Health & Safety

Customer focused

Team player

Attention to detail

Flexible attitude

Job description

Front of House Assistant – Full-Time | St Margaret's - Bushey

Location:Merry Hill, Bushey WD23 1DT
Rate of pay:£12.71ph
Hours:40 hours per week
Weeks:40 weeks - Term Time Only

• Term Time Only - 175 Days per year
• Regular overtime available for hospitality events
• 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Pension and life insurance
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Free meals whilst at work
• HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels

Can you commit to feeding hungry tummies as well as hungry minds? We serve more than just a meal in our kitchens, so are you the exceptional Catering Assistant we’re looking for?

Job Description

The essential ingredient at the heart of our business is our people so we are searching for an experienced Front of House Assistantwith a background in exceptional food catering services to join our business and work at one of our highly prestigious education settings.

Key Responsibilities:

• To assist in the preparation of food and snacks.
• To keep the kitchen and restaurant areas in a clean and tidy state at all times.
• To provide a friendly, efficient and hygienic service to all customers.
• To ensure that customers are given a prompt and efficient service and expectations are consistently exceeded.
• To be customer focused at all times, by being visible during service periods, approachable and quick to exceed expectations in fulfilling customer needs.
• To project a willing and helpful attitude to customers; to seek the appropriate knowledge of food items sold through out catering areas and to keep areas and service counters clean and fully stocked.
• To treat your team members at location as you would expect to be treated.
• To co-operate with all team members and undertake duties in the kitchen / service areas as requested to ensure an efficient and effective service is delivered at all times.
• To attend food safety, health and safety and environmental training courses as required.
• To rigorously follow the unit cleaning schedules.

Qualifications

• Ideally have experience working within Education catering
• Have good Health & Safety knowledge
• Flexible with a can-do attitude, customer focused
• Fun and enthusiastic
• Have excellent organization skills
• Demonstrate great attention to detail
• Be a team player, and enjoy succeeding as a team
• Have a flexible approach to work

Additional Information

Holroyd Howe is one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.

To provide our teams with the right skills to succeed in their jobs, we invest in their training and development. Our exceptional teams of seasoned specialists customise our catering services to fit children of all ages and satisfy the unique needs of our clients.

We pride ourselves on:

Sustainability

Sustainability is at the heart of our thinking; always mindful of the ethics of our sourcing and how we prepare our meals.

We take nutrition seriously and understand the impact a healthy diet has on the fundamental years of development. Meals are always freshly prepared from scratch and packed with nutritious ingredients.

We offer a wide portfolio of training opportunities and experiences, which attracts chefs who are passionate about culinary excellence and menu innovation to our team.

From tasting tables, theme days and food theatre, to chef demonstrations and supplier showcases, we create engaging and fun dining experiences for our students. We work together to make mealtimes exploratory, quirky, and fun for our pupils, helping them build strong and healthy relationships with food.

“Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe are regarded as regulated activity and therefore we require an Enhanced DBS which includes a Barred List Check for all successful applicants. We will also require shortlisted applicants to provide appropriate information regarding their criminal offences.”

This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.