Assistant Cook

4 months ago

Barking and Dagenham, United Kingdom BD Trading Partnership Full time

We are always on the lookout for enthusiastic and engaged and catering staff to join our busy award-winning team.

As an Assistant Cook you will be working under the supervision of the Cook to prepare and serve meals to children and staff in a school lunch service environment. Working in schools in and around the borough, roles are part-time and term-time only, as such the working hours of these roles can be ideal for those wishing to fit work around school drop-off/pick-up or other responsibilities.

This role will be mid-level supervisory and will report to the Cook. However, in the absence of the Cook or when needed you will use your knowledge, skills and experience and be able to provide instruction and direction to the team of Food Service Assistants to ensure service continuity. There is the potential to work with key stakeholders (such as school staff) and to lead the team when needed. This is a great opportunity for someone with some commercial kitchen experience who is looking to step up and develop their leadership and supervisory skills.

**What you will do**

Working in a fast-paced environment, you will assist the Cook Supervisor to ensure all aspects of the kitchen run smoothly, assisting with duties relating to stock control, food storage and preparation to ensure the delivery of high quality, nutritional hot and cold meals and snacks. You will assist the Cook Supervisor with all aspects of running a busy, fast-paced kitchen, and for maintaining high standards of food hygiene, health and safety, and ensuring efficiency and great service delivery at all times.

You will assist with preparing a range of meals, in line with agreed ingredient and recipes, using the range of commercial kitchen equipment available to you. You will also carry out stock control and may have cashier/cash handling and reporting responsibilities.

**What you will bring to the table**

Great team working skills are a must Teamwork really does make the dream work in a busy kitchen environment and is key to ensuring smooth and efficient meal service - especially under time pressure.

As well as great customer service and communication skills, you should have a minimum of Food Hygiene Level 2 qualification, a good understanding of Health and safety procedures, knowledge of food allergens and cross contamination principles. Other food industry qualifications and experience would be an advantage and prior experience in a commercial kitchen in a similar environment is preferable.

**Working arrangements**
- Working pattern: 25 - 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday (Term time only)
- Location: You will be allocated to a site(s) in and around the Borough
- Other: An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role

**And in return...**

As well as competitive pay, we offer our people some great benefits including:

- Life Cover
- Nest Pension Scheme
- Health & Wellbeing support including an Employee Assistance Programme (‘EAP’)
- CPD, training and development opportunities
- Career progression opportunities
- Family Friendly policies
- Paid Annual Leave

**How to apply**

If this sounds like your next role, we want to hear from you Simply click ‘apply’ to submit your CV outlining your relevant skills, experience and qualifications and we’ll be in touch.

If shortlisted, you will be invited to an interview with the team to discuss your skills in more detail and learn more about what you can bring to the role.

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