Relief Cook

Impact Initiatives; Brighton; On-site; GBP 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A vibrant community café in Brighton seeks a Relief Cook to prepare nutritious meals for older people. The role involves cooking, customer service, and maintaining hygiene standards in a busy café environment. Ideal candidates should have excellent communication skills and a passion for cooking.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Qualifications

• Good communication skills required.
• Passion for cooking and providing healthy meals.

Responsibilities

• Run the Café with a team and volunteers.
• Cook and serve meals, snacks, and drinks.
• Maintain food hygiene and health standards.

Skills

Communication

Cooking

Job description

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Relief Cook

Job reference: RC/H50/Apr25

Salary: Starting Band 2, NJC Point 8: £13.09 per hour

+ a generous holiday allowance (paid in lieu)

Zero hours contract (to cover annual leave/sickness)

Covering shifts: Monday – Friday, 9.00am – 4.30pm/Saturday, 9.30am – 3.00pm

We are a friendly and vibrant community café for people aged over 50 in the Brighton and Hove area. We are looking for an enthusiastic and outgoing person who has a passion for cooking to fill our relief cook vacancy.

You will need to have good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a small team in the often busy open café kitchen. If you have a passion for cooking and you would like to make a difference to the lives of older people in the community by providing healthy, nutritious and tasty food, this could be the role for you!

You will be working in a small open kitchen preparing a daily main meal and dessert as well as snacks and vegetarian alternatives. The role will involve some customer service and cash handling as well as basic paperwork.

You will be responsible for:

- Running the Café at The Hop 50+ with a Café Worker & volunteers

- Working as part of the team of staff and volunteers providing a welcoming, professional, vibrant and enjoyable environment at the Café

- Cooking and serving meals, snacks and drinks in the Café at The Hop 50+

- Maintaining Food Hygiene and Health and Safety standards and ensuring the Café is kept clean and tidy throughout the day

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Please contact Lin Hastings for further information about the role.

Closing date: 1st June 2025

Interviews: To be confirmed

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