Thomas Franks - Kitchen Assistant - within the school calendar dates

Thomas Franks Ltd; Dover; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company is seeking a dedicated team member to provide catering services at an independent boarding school near Dover. You will be responsible for preparing and serving meals, maintaining hygiene standards, and ensuring excellent customer service. Ideal candidates will have a passion for food, previous experience in a customer service or food preparation role, and be able to work within a team. Various contracts are available.

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Excellent career progression

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer-facing or food preparation environment is preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate good verbal and written English skills.
• A genuine interest in food and excellent customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provide breakfast, lunch, supper, and hospitality services.
• Assist in food preparation using fresh ingredients.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and adhere to food hygiene standards.

Skills

Customer service skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Food preparation experience

Ability to use English verbally

Job description

Overview

A fabulous co-educational independent boarding school for children with military traditions. Set in 150 acres of Kent countryside near Dover. Catering for about 570 students and teachers. We offer a core feeding of AM snack, Lunch, PM snack, Supper and a 6th form cafe. There will be a good amount of hospitality offering at this location. Contracts vary from 52 weeks to 44 weeks per year. This school operates 7 days a week so working patterns are 5 out of 7 days and has additional benefits of free parking and use of on site gym.

Responsibilities

• To work well in a team, providing breakfast, lunch, supper & hospitality.
• To assist in food preparation using fresh ingredients and following the companies brand standards.
• To rotate and restock fridges, freezers, dry stores and assist with deliveries.
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times
• Ensure the kitchen is left clean and tidy to the required standard of the Chef Manager or to the hygiene standards set by the company / Client.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great team player
• 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

About Thomas Franks

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.

Compliance

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

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.

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.