Cook

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Ad Warrior Full time

**Nursery Cook**

**Location**:London, N17

**Salary**: £10 - £12 per hour

**Job Type**:Part Time, Permanent (3 hours per day, week days only)
Our client prides itself in creating a happy safe, caring and stimulating environment. They provide a solid foundation for early childhood development and follow the Early Years Curriculum. They believe that the child is the centre of everything they do. Weencourage participation, creative learning, independence and self-expression helping each child to be all they can be.

The nursery boasts a fully equipped school building, as well as a sensory room for the younger children. The large garden means all children can explore the natural world as well. All meals are nutritionally balanced, prepared using fresh ingredients bytheir own chef.

**The Role**

To provide high quality food for the children at the Nursery

**Main Duties & Responsibilities**
- To organise, cook and prepare a healthy, balanced diet for children aged 0 to 5 years in accordance with the nursery menus
- Take into consideration daily those children who have special dietary requirements and prepare a suitable alternative
- Prepare a suitably balanced rotating menu taking into account dietary and cultural requirements of the children
- Ensure high standards of hygiene, health and safety is maintained in the kitchen at all times
- To be responsible for the day today running of the kitchen, ensuring compliance with registration and legislative requirements at all times
- Responsible for the planning and preparation of food to provide meals in accordance with the nursery menus and food policies
- Ensure that all individual dietary requirements are catered for in line with parental guidance
- Maintain necessary kitchen procedures and records
- To undertake any other reasonable catering duties as requested by the Nursery Manager
- Ensure the kitchen and equipment is kept suitably clean at all times including walls, floors and trolleys to transport food following a cleaning schedule, on a daily basis that all crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils are washed in accordance with foodsafety guidelines
- Ensure that all foods are ready at the specified time and correctly served
- To implement and maintain the company’s equal opportunities policy ensuring that children, parents and the staff team are valued and practice is positive and non-discriminatory
- To ensure you have a clean uniform, including head wear, daily and wear suitable footwear for working in a busy kitchen space
- To give daily feedback to the Nursery Manager about the kitchen including any situation that may be detrimental to the company
- Ensure the effective and regular removal of waste materials to the designated waste area
- To have total responsibility of the kitchen, cleaning all of the equipment and appliances, take temperatures of the food, fridge and freezer and record these in the kitchen file
- To work as a team and help out in the nursery when needed
- Responsible for control, storage and rotation of kitchen stock
- To prepare a weekly shopping list and help with putting the shopping away
- Commitment to undertaking appropriate training and continued professional development
- To undertake future and refresher training as appropriate
- Your duties will be as set out in the above job description but please note that the manager reserves the right to update your job description, from time to time, to reflect changes in, or to, your job. You will be consulted about any proposed changes. _
- The list of duties in the job description should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. There will be other duties and requirements associated with your job and, in addition, as a term of your employment you may be required to undertake variousother duties as may reasonably required._

**Qualifications/Skills**
- The ability to work as part of a team and use your own initiative.
- The ability to manage your own time and prioritise tasks.
- Have a friendly, flexible approach
- Be professional, polite and positive in all verbal and non-verbal interactions with staff, parents and children at all times.

**Company Benefits**
- Birthdays off and paid
- Monthly bonuses if qualified

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