Position Overview & Specifications
Overview
Assistant Cook (Primary School) Term time only
HCL is an established and successful educational specialist caterer, providing over 16 million meals each year to children in schools.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and cook meals including any special dietary requirements
- Cleaning duties within the kitchen/dining area
- Stocktaking/ordering
- Maintaining budgets
- Adhere to Food Safety Management System
- Health & Safety compliance
- Food service to students & staff
- Friendly and polite customer service
- Deputise for Cook Manager in their absence
- IT literate
Ideal candidate
- Passionate about food
- Previous catering experience is desirable
- Able to manage and motivate a team
- Food hygiene level 2 (preferred, but not essential as training will be given)
- Knowledge of health and safety practices
- Demonstrate exceptional timekeeping and reliability
- The ability to communicate fluently with customers in accurate spoken and written English is essential for the post
We offer
- Full training
- Uniform
- Established Career Path, with encouragement to progress
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Reward and Recognition Scheme
- Salary Finance (Loans, salary advance and savings)
- Herts Rewards -a discount scheme for supermarkets, cinemas, retail, restaurants, hotels and family days out.
At HCL staff are our greatest asset. We are proactive in providing the tools to develop your culinary skills, all part of working within a highly motivated team.
This post is are subject to an Enhanced Children’s DBS check and the right to work in the UK. We are an equal opportunities employer.
Previous applicants need not apply. Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date depending on the amount of applications.