Canteen Assistant

Overview:
**The Role and Team**

We are currently recruiting for a Canteen Assistant to join our Catering and Hospitality Team working in our staff restaurant(s).

Our catering and hospitality team provide a fully catered service this includes hot cooked meal options, cooked breakfast, sandwiches, pastries and snack options to our employees, visitors and customers at our sites in Trowbridge.

The post holder will be responsible for assisting the team to ensure that we provide a daily service of breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night supper to our employees.

The role will include food preparation, kitchen and front of house service and duties.

**Shift Pattern is Monday - Thursday 3pm - 6:30pm and Friday 11am - 6:30pm, working 21.5 hours per week.**

**Who We Are**

We’re the leading food producer for the health and social care sector, providing delicious, nutritious and sustainable meals for people at home or in care.

We’re also the parent company of Wiltshire Farm Foods, the UK’s premier home-delivery service for ready-made meals.

Through our wide range of well-presented, nutritious meals to suit every taste and dietary need, we aim to make a real difference to lives of elderly and vulnerable people in care.

We’re proud to be a Living Wage employer and member of the Ethical Trading Initiative. We support British food and farming and operate a successful programme of waste reduction and resource efficiency across our whole business.

In addition to your salary you will receive a comprehensive training program, 25 days (Pro Rota) annual leave holiday entitlement, the ability to buy additional annual leave, retail discounts, free car parking, subsidised staff restaurant, free turkey (or voucher) at Christmas and much more

£12.57 per hour + Shift Allowance + Bonus + Benefits

**Responsibilities**:

- Prepare, cook and present food to a high standard.
- Serve food to customers with a high degree of customer service.
- Beverage and Food preparation for delivery for internal meetings and functions
- Sort, clear, stack and wash all crockery, cutlery and food trollies.
- Filling and cleaning the vending machines.
- Putting away deliveries and ensuring stock rotation.
- Staff restaurant seating area is always kept clean and tidy.
- Adhering to all compliance and best practice processes in place in respect of food hygiene, health and safety and environmental matters such as minimizing food waste.
- Ensure that the facilities are cleaned and maintained to a high standard at all times.
- Completing day to day administration i.e. temperature checks.
- To undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the role.
- General cleaning duties - Postholders will attend annual COSHH training.

Qualifications:
**Essential**:

- Team Working experience
- Experience of working in a customer facing role
- Previous catering experience
- Kitchen experience
- Knowledge of food handling

**Desirable**
- Certificate in food safety
- NVQ in Professional Cookery

**Personal Qualities**:

- Good communication skills.
- Ability to prioritise, manage time and meet deadlines.
- Work as part of a team.
- Flexible and willing to carry out duties which become necessary when required.
- Passion for good quality food and service.
- A strong commitment to the ethos and values of apetito.
- At all times exercise a high standard of personal integrity and professional conduct.

This is a team based role, where no day is the same. You will need to adapt, be flexible in your approach and capable of multi-tasking. This is a very rewarding role where job and customer satisfaction is key.