Nursery Cook

**GREAT OPPORTUNITY**

The nursery currently requires a nursery cook to cover the unfortunate illness of the present cook. This job may turn into a more permanent position.

**Job type**: Cook

**Qualifications**:

- No qualifications are mandatory for this post
- Basic Food Hygiene (Food Handlers) or equivalent is preferred

**Experience**:

- Must have experience of cooking simple meals.
- Preferred - experience of cooking for those with dietary requirements and allergies.
- Preferred (but not essential) - experience of Safer Food, Better Business
- May suit some-one who has worked in a café or school kitchen

**General Description**:
A rare opportunity has arisen for a person to work in our 5 star food hygiene rated kitchen.

**Specific aims of the job**:
The job involves the following:

- Following the provided 4 weekly rotation of menus
- Simple Food Preparation
- Use of an oven (but not for baking)
- Use of Domestic rated cooking appliances
- Timing things so that everything is ready for the children at the same time.
- Washing up and putting away items used for breakfast
- Producing toast and drinks for the children’s morning snack
- Washing up and putting away snack items
- Producing Lunch
- Making sufficient sandwiches for the children to eat at teatime.
- Preparing fruit for afternoon snack
- Washing and clearing up as you go.
- Following Safer Food, Better Business at all times.
- A small amount of written work e.g. Documenting temperatures and checks done daily etc.
- Reviewing stock and stock rotation
- Completing food orders to fulfil the menu requirements for the following week.
- Taking delivery of the food and putting it away in cupboards, fridge and freezer.
- Taking out the rubbish daily.
- Carrying out the daily, weekly and monthly cleaning schedules.
- Accepting training, guidance and feedback.
- This is purely a kitchen/food preparation job - it does not involve supervising groups of children or leading children's activities.

**We are looking for**:

- Someone who believes in the importance of following policies and procedures.
- Someone who is enthusiastic, motivated and with a can-do attitude.
- Someone who believes in cleanliness and tidiness
- Someone who has a strong work ethic
- Someone who is able to work alone in the kitchen

**Training**:

- Training on the nursery’s policies, procedures and menus will be provided.

**What the current staff say about their employment**:

- “The only place I have worked where you get praised and regular feedback”
- “The best thing about the nursery is that there is no back-biting”

**Safer recruitment practices**:
We are following the safer recruitment practices where references will be thoroughly checked.

**To Apply**:
Either ring the nursery on 01283 552711

**Job Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: £11.44 per hour

Expected hours: 10.5 - 17.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: In person