Nursery Chef

Blue Arrow; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Nursery Chef in Nottingham to prepare healthy meals for children aged 6 months to 5 years. The role is Monday to Friday, offering £16 per hour, with a focus on food hygiene and dietary needs. Candidates should have kitchen experience, preferably in a nursery or school setting, and a Level 2 food hygiene certificate. Flexibility in shift patterns and an enhanced DBS is advantageous.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Training opportunities

Work-life balance with free weekends

Holiday pay

Weekly pay

Flexibility in working environment

Company pension scheme

Opportunity for permanent work

Qualifications

• Have experience in a kitchen (nursery or school setting is a bonus!).
• Know your way around food hygiene (Level 2 certificate required).
• Are organized, creative, and love working around children.
• Previous experience as a chef/cook in a DBS controlled environment within the last 2 years.
• Flexibility in shift patterns including weekends if needed.
• Experience within education sector cooking for small & large schools.
• Great communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle may be required.
• An in date Enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months ideally.

Responsibilities

• Creating fresh meals and snacks for children aged 6 months to 5 years.
• Cooking with care - catering for allergies and dietary needs.
• Keeping the kitchen clean and stocked.
• Work with nursery staff to support children's well-being.
• Prepare for lunch service, snack & teatime service.
• Take responsibility for catered dietary requirements.
• Ensure all health and safety regulations are met.
• Assist with other kitchen areas.
• Prepare fun snacks and baking sessions with children.

Skills

Experience in a kitchen

Food hygiene knowledge (Level 2)

Creativity and organization

Teamwork skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Level 2 Health and Safety Certificate

Job description

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We're Cooking Up Something Special - and We Need YOU

Location: Nottingham

Hours: Monday - Friday 8am till 2pm/4pm finish no weekends

Salary: £16 per hour

Are you passionate about preparing healthy, nutritious meals for little ones? We're on the hunt for a superstar Nursery Chef to whip up tasty, healthy meals for our little foodies!

This isn't just any kitchen job - it's a chance to make a difference, one delicious meal at a time.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Creating fresh, yummy meals and snacks for children aged 6 months to 5 years.
• Cooking with care - catering for allergies and dietary needs.
• Keeping our kitchen sparkling clean and fully stocked.
• Work in partnership with nursery staff to support children's well-being.
• You will be required to cook and prepare for lunch service, snack & teatime service
• Take responsibility for catered dietary requirements and ensure communicated to team members.
• Ensuring high levels of standards within hygiene & cleanliness on site the nurseries
• Adhere to all health and safety on site, and ensure all internal and external requirements are met, with all relevant temperature paperwork completed.
• Assist with other areas of the kitchen including pot washing. - this is mainly within our smaller sites, due to lower volumes.
• Ability to work with children, in preparing fun snacks and baking sessions.

What's in It for You?

• Supportive and cheerful work environment
• Training opportunities to boost your skills
• Free weekends and evenings - hooray for work-life balance
• The joy of seeing kids enjoy what you made
• Holiday pay
• Weekly pay
• Dedicated consultant
• Flexibility in your working environment
• Flexibility in your working days and time
• Your very own App and portal to accept shifts on the go, and submit timesheets
• Company pension scheme
• Even though a lot of your roles will be on a temporary basis, these can quite easily lead to permanent work for the right candidates.

You'll Be Perfect If You:

• Have experience in a kitchen (nursery or school setting is a bonus!)
• Know your way around food hygiene (Level 2 certificate required)
• Are organised, creative, and love working around children
• Previous experience as a chef/cook level within the last 2 years, within a DBS controlled environment or children environment.
• Flexibility in shift patterns including weekends if needed all our nurseries don't require weekends.
• Experience within education sector, cooking for either small & large schools both primary secondary and nurseries.
• Great communication and team work skills
• Level 2 Health and Safety Certificate (ideal but not essential as training is provided)
• Ability to work under pressure
• Due to certain locations a full UK driving license is required along with own access to a vehicle
• An in date Enhanced DBS DATED WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS ideally on the new updated service programme. (we do have the Facilities to put you through one at a cost)

All of our nurseries offer Monday to Friday day shifts anything from 7/8am starts till 2/4pm, perfect for people looking for a new work life balance. We can also add on extra shifts on the weekend to boost any hours or pay.

The Commute:

As we cover a large number of locations across Nottingham & Nottinghamshire your commute will vary. If you have a car and are flexible with locations, great. If you're limited to public transport, we'll only send you to places that have public transport links and provide you with all the information you will need to get there. The more flexible you are the more we can offer you.

So if you think this is just what you're looking for then CLICK APPLY TODAY, our registration process can take less then 7 minutes, perfect for people with busy lives. We can offer work immediately for this position.

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