Nursery Cook

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Reading; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established nursery and training college in Reading seeks a talented Nursery cook. You will prepare and cook fresh meals for up to 120 students, focusing on food hygiene and customer service in a supportive environment. This role also offers the opportunity to train and develop further culinary skills.

Benefits

Discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms

Free meals on duty

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Individual training and development

Well established apprenticeship programme

Team & company social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Excellent career progression

Qualifications

• Interest in food and customer service.
• Experience in food preparation environment preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable standard of verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook a variety of food following recipe cards.
• Ensure adherence to food hygiene and health & safety standards.
• Produce food for service using fresh ingredients.

Skills

Food preparation

Customer service

Team player

Attention to detail

Innovation

Job description

A well-established nursery and training college in Reading, Berkshire. Catering for up to 120 students and teachers. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast/Lunch and Afternoon Snack. There is not much hospitality at this location. This is a 52 week contract and operates Monday to Friday. Additional benefit to this location is free parking on site. Monday - Friday day time only

We are looking for a talented Nursery cook to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Reading.

If you are a current chef or want to train and develop to become a chef by joining our chefs academy then please apply today.

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:

• Prepare and cook a variety of food following recipe cards
• Setting up workstations with all needed ingredients and equipment
• Nursery meals Lunch, light tea and snacks.
• 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
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great team player

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 person 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.