Restaurant: Kitchen - Chef

Squire's Garden Centres; Knaphill; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Squire's Garden Centres is seeking a Catering Assistant to provide professional support to the Catering Team. You will work closely with the Catering Manager to help the department succeed, delivering friendly service and quality food.

Responsibilities include preparing salads, vegetables and sandwiches, cooking and baking hot food when required, handling customer queries, and ensuring food safety and hygiene.

Qualifications

• Love and enthusiasm for food preparation and cooking
• Can do attitude and looking for a career in catering

Responsibilities

• Handling customer queries courteously and efficiently
• Maintain a harmonious and cooperative relationship with customers and staff alike at all time
• 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
• Producing all food recipes to specification and recording any wastage/shrinkage in accordance with company guidelines
• 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
• Handling customer queries courteously and efficiently

Job description

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.

Hiring rate - £13.35

Rota: Every Monday and Friday 08:00-17:00, alternate Tuesday and Thursday 08:00-17:00 with alternate weekends, Saturday and Sunday 08:00-17:00

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Handling customer queries courteously and efficiently
• Maintain a harmonious and cooperative relationship with customers and staff alike at all time
• 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
• Producing all food recipes to specification and recording any wastage/shrinkage in accordance with company guidelines
• 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
• Handling customer queries courteously and efficiently

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