Store Person and Preparation Chef

The Lounges; Saffron Walden; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that values real cooking and quality ingredients! In this exciting role, you'll manage the store room and deliveries, ensuring the kitchen is prepared for a successful day. You'll work closely with the culinary team, maintaining high standards of cleanliness and food safety. With great perks like shared tips, paid breaks, and discounts, this position offers a fantastic opportunity for personal development and career progression in a vibrant, fast-growing environment. If you're passionate about cooking and delivering exceptional service, this is the perfect role for you!

Benefits

Tips shared equally across the team

Paid breaks

Staff food on every shift

50% discount on food

28 days holiday pro rata

Competitions and incentives

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Best staff party - Loungefest

Emotional and practical support

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in kitchen or catering environments is essential.
• Knowledge of food safety and cleanliness standards required.

Responsibilities

• Manage store room and deliveries, ensuring kitchen readiness.
• Support team with prep and cooking for breakfast and brunch.

Skills

Kitchen or catering experience

Attention to detail

Food Safety standards knowledge

Managing deliveries and invoices

Job description

You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients.

You'll be in charge of the store room, deliveries and readying the kitchen for the day ahead. As well as setting up the kitchen by 9am service, completing prep in line with prep and par, batch cooking and supporting the team to set them up for success for that day and the ones to follow.

The Good Stuff

• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Paid breaks
• Staff food on every shift, regardless of hours worked
• 50% discount on food in all of three brands from day one
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our suppliers)
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!
• The best staff party - Loungefest
• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast-growing business

What you'll bring:

• You'll need to live locally to get to site for an early start.
• Kitchen or catering experience is required
• Familiar with managing the receipt of morning deliveries including invoices
• Knowledge on how to store, label and rotate goods correctly
• You will have experience of working alongside Head Chefs and Sous Chefs to update stock availability and ordering requirements
• High standards when it comes to ensuring the walk-in fridge, freezers and all dry store areas are sparkling clean and to all Food Safety standards
• Availability to support with breakfast and brunch service
• Attention to detail to complete any deep cleaning jobs that need attention
• Admin support to complete Back of House book for the morning including all temperature and probe checks

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