Nursery Chef

Family First Nurseries Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 523,000 - 634,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 24 days

Childcare discount

Wellbeing support

Training and development

Pension

Employee discounts

Mentoring program

Health and wellbeing

Refer a Friend bonus

Job summary

Ramsey Day Nursery, part of the Family First Group, is seeking a Nursery Chef to join the kitchen team in Ramsey, United Kingdom. The role is a year-round, 30–33 hours per week with shifts 8am-3:30pm or 9am-4:30pm.

You will manage dietary requirements, food hygiene, budget for food orders, and work closely with staff and parents to provide healthy, age-appropriate meals for children. The role requires experience with COSHH and English fluency. Salary is £12.71 per hour.

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of managing dietary requirements around food allergies
• Sound knowledge of COSHH
• Able to work to a catering budget in a consistent standard
• Experience and qualification to cook in domestic or commercial settings
• Fluent in written and spoken English (GCSE C or equivalent)
• Experience cooking for young children preferred

Responsibilities

• Keep the kitchen clean and safe; complete Kitchen Hygiene Checklist monthly
• Ensure highest levels of cleanliness in nursery and kitchen
• Prepare and cook age-appropriate meals with minimal waste
• Communicate dietary requirements clearly to teams
• Adhere to diet considerations and personal care routines (Red/Amber/Green plates)
• Collaborate with nursery staff and parents on healthy, nutritious meals
• Plan food orders to meet budgetary requirements

Skills

Dietary requirements

COSHH

Budget management

Cooking for children

English proficiency

Job description

Ramsey, United Kingdom | Posted on 31/07/2026

Hourly rate: £12.71 per hour - 33 hours per week

Ramsey Day Nursery who are part of the Family First Group are looking for a Nursery Chef to join the team. This role is working either 30hours per week,Monday - Friday, all year round and is not a term time only role.

Shift times either 8am-3:30pm or 9am - 4:30pm

For this position you will need to have experience with environmental health, food hygiene and catering.

As Nursery Chef, you will:

• Keep the kitchen a clean and safe environment, adhering to internal and external requirements; complete the Kitchen Hygiene Checklist each month, and ensure that the Cleaning Schedule is complete and adhered to, being regularly updated and displayed prominently in the kitchen.
• Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and kitchen
• The nursery staff will tell you each day of the numbers to cater for; prepare and cook enough age-appropriate food (cooked as near to the point of service as possible) for all the children on a daily basis, with minimum wastage
• Take responsibility to make sure all dietary requirements are catered for and clearly communicated to the teams.
• Ensure that dietary requirements and personal care routines are adhered to always, including the robust measures around the Red, Amber and Green plate procedures.
• Work in co-operation and partnership with the Nursery team and parents to encourage a healthy and nutritious diet
• Ensure that budgetary requirements are met through careful planning of all food orders

*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

Requirements

As Nursery Chef, you will need:

• Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of managing different dietary requirements around food allergies - essential
• Sound Knowledge of COSHH - essential
• Able to work to a catering budget, in a manner that avoids fluctuating standards of food service - essential
• Experience and qualified to the appropriate level in any role which involves cooking in domestic or commercial property - essential
• Fluent in written and spoken English at GCSE grade C (or equivalent) - essential
• Experienced and passionate about any role that involves cooking for young children - desirable

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Annual leave: 24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an extra paid day off for your birthday
• Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members
• Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme helpline
• Learning and development: Tailored training and development opportunities to support your career growth
• Pension: Company pension scheme
• Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts
• Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme
• Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing support
• Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our referral programme

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Ramsey Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.