Kitchen Assistant

Thomas Franks Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd in Cambridge is seeking a dedicated Kitchen Assistant to join our fast-paced kitchen team at one of our Cambridge locations.

You will have prior experience in a busy kitchen, be comfortable handling fresh seasonal ingredients, and enjoy working as part of a team to deliver high-quality meals across a 7-day operation with 5 shifts over 7 days. English communication should be clear, and a willingness to support chefs with prep and hygiene standards is essential.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a fast-paced kitchen as a Kitchen Assistant.
• Comfort with fresh seasonal ingredients.
• Clear spoken English.
• Willing to support chefs with prep and hygiene tasks.

Responsibilities

• Work well in a team, providing food and a great service.
• Produce food from fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following brand standards.
• Ensure food hygiene and health & safety policies are followed.
• Assist chefs with food preparation as needed.
• Support wastage control and quality standards.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Team player

Attention to detail

English communication

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: 13.24
Hours: 40 per week

An established international boarding school for ages 14+ in the heart of Cambridge. Catering for 300 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast, lunch and Dinner. This is a 7 day operation so shift patterns would usually be 5 over 7. There are goo transport links to this location.

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

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.


• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage


• 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


• 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

• 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.

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