Restaurant: Kitchen - Assistant

Squire's Garden Centres; Cobham; Remote; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount

Holiday Entitlement

Bonus

Pension Plan

Learning & Development

Birthday Gift

Cycle2work

Child's first day

RHS membership option

EAP

Job summary

Squire’s Garden Centres is seeking a Kitchen Assistant in Cobham to support the Catering Team. You will work closely with the Catering Manager to help the department succeed and provide hands-on food preparation across salads, sandwiches and hot items.

The role offers a weekend-alt rota and a supportive benefits package, with opportunities to learn and progress within a family-owned business focused on catering excellence and customer service.

Qualifications

• Love and enthusiasm for food preparation and cooking.
• Willingness to learn and develop culinary skills.
• Reliable, flexible and eager to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Carry out duties to support the Catering Team as required.
• Prepare salads, vegetables and sandwiches with the kitchen team.
• Cook and bake hot foods, sweets and pastries when needed.
• Ensure proper storage of all food according to standards.
• Adhere to food safety and hygiene regulations at all times.

Skills

Food preparation

Cooking passion

Can do attitude

Job description

Restaurant: Kitchen - Assistant

Location:85 Stoke Road, Cobham, KT11 3PU

Job Reference:#12640

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Your primary responsibility will be to provide a professional support to the Catering Team.

Working closely with the Catering Manager to help the department to succeed.

Rota: Alternate weekends, Saturday 09:00 - 15:00 and Sunday 09:30 - 15:30

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Carry out all reasonable duties as requested by management as and when required
• Working within the kitchen team to prepare salads, vegetables and sandwiches
• Cooking and baking hot food, sweets, pastries etc. when required
• Ensuring that all food is stored to the company’s standards.
• Strictly adhering to all relevant food safety and hygiene regulations at all times.
• Undertaking any general cleaning requirements of the kitchen and restaurant
• Working as part of the kitchen and catering team and undertaking any other reasonable duties as and when required

To be successful in this role, we are looking for people:

• Love and enthusiasm for food preparation and cooking
• Can do attitude and looking for a career in catering
• Committed individuals who would like to obtain a qualification and study alongside their role.

Squire’s is a family-owned group of 17 garden centres based in Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, and Berkshire. Since 1936 the purpose of our business has been the happiness of those who work in it.

We are committed to growing our business and to promoting the highest standards in horticulture, catering, and retail.

We want our staff to enjoy working with us in a friendly, energetic customer focused environment.

Rewards & Benefits:

We want our employees to be known for their friendliness, helpfulness, and good customer service, with their whole ethos being ‘nothing is too much trouble for our customers’. In turn we will provide an extensive benefit package, please see below.

• Employee Discount– 50% in Restaurants and 20% in Garden Centre on joining, increasing to 25% after 2 years’ service and 30% after 5 years’ service.
• Holiday (including bank holidays)– 5.6 weeks on joining increasing to 6.2 week after 2 years’ service and 6.6 weeks after 5 years’ service.
• Bonus– We reward our employees with a non-contractual bonus at Christmas, based on the profit of the company in any financial year (first year is dependent on start date)
• Pension– We are all aware of how important it is to save for our retirement. We offer a Defined Contribution Pension Plan to new employees. If you pay into the plan and meet the government criteria, the company will too, and these contributions will be invested.
• Attendance– After one years service, if you have worked for a full financial year and have 100% attendance, one day holiday (pro-rata) will be added to your holiday grant as a 'Thank you'.
• Made A Difference Scheme (M.A.D)– A reward scheme for team members who make a difference to our business through outstanding customer service, over and above normal duties or initiatives that have grown / inspired the business. There is a monthly winner. All winners select a gift to receive.
• Learning & Development– You can look forward to a wealth of learning opportunities with us that will enhance and develop you with the skills and confidence you need.
• Birthday –After 6 months service if your birthday falls on your contracted day to work, you can leave work early (holiday policy rules apply). If you have 2 years service on your birthday, you will receive a £25 Squires gift voucher (pro rata for less than 40 hours).
• Cycle2work scheme –After 1 years service, a government initiative which offers a 25% to 39% saving on new cycling equipment. This cost is deducted out of your pay over 12 or 19 months.
• Child's first day at school –After 1 year's service come in late and go home early on your child's first day of school life, so that you can be there to take them and pick them up from school on their first day.
• RHS Membership or a Tree / Shrub –After 1 years service Squire's employees can choose either one tree or shrub to plant each year up to the value of £50 retail on the anniversary of your engagement or £50 towards RHS annual membership.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) –After 2 years service employees are eligible to join an EAP, that gives them access to a range of wellbeing resources, etc.
• Retirement–After 15 years service if you are retiring and have over 15 years service, your contracted hours will be reduced by a fifth but your pay will remain the same for your final 3 months.
• Free Parking– Available to all employees in the designated parking areas on our site.

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