School Cook

Middleton International School; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Middleton International School in Tampines West is seeking a School Cook to join our kitchen team. You will follow recipes, maintain food safety, and help prepare meals for students and staff, with a focus on nutrition and child-friendly portions.

The role requires at least 2 years of cooking experience, ability to work quickly in a busy school environment, and careful stock management and hygiene practices.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of food safety and safe temperatures
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Calm demeanor in high-stress, fast-paced environments
• Ability to follow recipes and measurements accurately
• Stock management and budget-conscious ordering
• Manual dexterity for knife skills
• Ability to stand for long periods and endure heat
• Minimum 2 years cooking experience, preferably in preschool/childcare
• Basic arithmetic calculations

Responsibilities

• Maintain food safety and sanitation
• Follow recipes and measurements
• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh
• Cook a range of foods (bake, grill, steam, boil)
• Present, garnish and arrange dishes
• Occasionally serve food
• Keep area clean and safe
• Handle and store ingredients
• Order stock and assist with budget control
• Maintain stock levels and expiry labels
• Clean kitchen equipment before and after use
• Monitor freezer/fridge temperatures
• Adhere to health guidelines
• Remove waste to designated bins

Skills

Safety procedures

Interpersonal skills

Calm under pressure

Accountability

Organization

Dexterity

Stamina

2+ years cooking

Basic calculations

Job description

Position: School Cook (Location: Tampines West)

Reporting To: Executive Chef

Direct Reports: Kitchen Assistant

Job Role & 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.

Requirements:

• 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.

We review applications on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted applicants will be notified.