Preschool Kitchen Chef – Safe, Fresh Meals

Middleton International School Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Middleton International School Pte. Ltd. is seeking a School Cook to support daily meal preparation at our Tampines West location. The role requires following recipes, maintaining high food safety standards and preparing a variety of dishes for children.

You will manage ingredients, assist with stock control, and ensure cleanliness and safety in a fast-paced cafeteria environment. The position involves occasional serving and strict adherence to preparation guidelines in a school setting.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Calm demeanor to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment
• Accountability for the dishes they prepare measuring up to the expectations of management and customers alike
• Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes and to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the restaurant
• Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing
• Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle extreme heat and work shifts
• Must have at least 2 years of relevant cooking experience, preferably in pre-school or childcare setting
• Able to do basic calculations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards.
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients
• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh
• Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods
• Present, garnish and arrange final dishes
• Occasionally serve food
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Ordering stock in line with requirements, keeping accounts and budget control.
• Maintaining correct stock levels, ensuring stock rotation and ensuring all stocks are clearly labeled to include expiry dates.
• Ensure all kitchen equipment are cleaned before and after use.
• Keeping track freezers and refrigerators at the correct temperature.
• Adhere to the Health Promotion Board Guidelines during the preparation, cooking and serving of all food.
• Ensuring the effective and regular removal of waste materials to the designated waste bins.

Skills

Food safety

Stock management

Teamwork

Calm under pressure

Customer service

Manual dexterity

Job description

Middleton International School Pte. Ltd. is seeking a School Cook to support daily meal preparation at our Tampines West location. The role requires following recipes, maintaining high food safety standards and preparing a variety of dishes for children.

You will manage ingredients, assist with stock control, and ensure cleanliness and safety in a fast-paced cafeteria environment. The position involves occasional serving and strict adherence to preparation guidelines in a school setting.