Catering Assistant

5 months ago

Reading, United Kingdom Thomas Franks Ltd Full time

**Catering Assistant**:
**Hook**:
**Contract**:Permanent**
**Salary**:£10.42ph****:
A co-educational preparatory school for children aged 2-13 in Eversley, Hamsphire. Catering for 400 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of AM and afternoon snack and lunch with a small amount of hospitality. This is a term-time only contract working 34 weeks a year and operating Monday to Friday. Additional benefit of this location is free on-site parking.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a **Catering Assistant** to join our established & friendly team at our prestigious contracts in **Hook.**

**Role requirements (Task & Responsibilities)**:

- Serve clients during Breakfast, lunch and match teas.
- Help setting up the dining room for service.
- Prepare food for service, following good hygiene and safety practices and to the standard specified.
- 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.
- Clear, clean and store away any food, beverage or equipment required for special functions.
- Restock and replenish stocks and consumables as required during service periods, to achieve optimum customer service delivery.
- Operate cleaning, dishwashing equipment. Properly clean and store equipment, service, preparation and storage areas.
- Complete all / any necessary cleaning/hygiene duties.
- Interact and acknowledge all customers and client staff.

**General Responsibilities**:

- Ensure that all policies and procedural requirements of both legislation and company are adhered to in order to alwayli promote a professional and flexible approach.
- Ensure that the correct uniform is always worn neatly and cleanly.
- Ensure all necessary checks are carried out in the service and associated areas for food temperatures.
- Carry out all reasonable request of the management.
- Be conscientious with regard to Health & Safety and report any hazards to the manager.

**Key personal skills and attributes**:

- Previous experience of working within a catering environment
- Previous experience of serving customers within a catering establishment
- Team working abilities, listening skills, the ability to work on own initiative, impeccable personal presentation, hygiene and behaviour to others, Food hygiene certificate preferred.
- The ability to be adaptable and be flexible as necessary. Reliable, Honest and able to demonstrate an open attentive approach to customer service.
- Willingness to learn new skills and take some responsibility.
- Ability to manage some moderately heavy lifting, carrying, and pushing.

**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

**Days / hours**:

- Monday and Tuesday 11:00am - 3:00pm.
- Wednesday 11:00am - 5:30pm.
- Thursday 9am - 3:00pm.
- Friday 11am - 5:00pm.
- 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.

About us

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.

**Disclaimer**

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

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