Kitchen Assistant

Thomas Franks; Bath; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

On-site parking

Staff discounts

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Thomas Franks in Bath is seeking a Kitchen Assistant for a term-time contract at one of our Bath locations. The role is 5 days out of 7 during a 7‑day operation, with free on-site parking available.

You will work in a fast‑paced kitchen, preparing meals from fresh seasonal ingredients and supporting chefs with prep while delivering friendly service to pupils and staff.

Qualifications

• Interest in food and excellent customer service.
• All-round team player with enthusiasm for great food.
• Organised with attention to detail and cleanliness.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team to provide food and great service.
• Prepare food from scratch using fresh ingredients.
• Follow brand standards and manage wastage.
• Adhere to Food Hygiene, Health & Safety and allergen controls.
• Deliver excellent customer service.

Skills

Team player

Customer service

Food prep

Attention to detail

Fresh ingredients

Job description

A mixed private school for both boarding and day pupils. Situated in Bath, Somerset. Catering for 750 students and teachers daily, we offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch and supper. This is a term-time only contract. This is a 7-day operation so working pattern would be 5 out of 7. Additional benefit of this location is free on-site parking.

We are looking for a talented Kitchen Assistant to join our team at one of our fabulous locations in Bath.

You will have previous experience of working within a fast-paced kitchen as a Kitchen Assistant.

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 food and a great service
• 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.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great team player
• Be able to help the Chefs with some food prep

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 Kitchen Assistant 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.