Nursery Cook

**Our Nursery**

Toad Hall Nursery was established in 1998. Our 71 place nursery in Haslemere is in the centre of this beautiful town and is a 10 minute walk from the Haslemere train station. There are coffee shops and local independent shops within a 2 mile radius from the nursery.

This ‘home from home’ nursery has a separate car park for their employees to use. The nursery is a 19th century converted school which has retained many of its original features including a spacious indoor hall. The large rooms allow the children space to expand their imagination whilst outside the building there are two large play areas. In 2017, our team were awarded a ‘Good’ OFSTED rating.

**Nursery Chef (part time) required**

We currently have a vacancy for a Nursery Chef to join us, providing our children with balanced and nutritious meals.

24 hours per week, Wednesday-Friday.

**About you**

With a good hygiene qualification and previous experience of working in a kitchen, your passion for food and nutrition will be evident. You’ll have a good understanding of the importance of hygiene, cleanliness and dietary requirements, and you’ll be an organised person who follows health and safety procedures. With excellent time management and budgeting skills, you’ll be capable of co-ordinating and serving a wide range of healthy, nutritious meals and snacks at set times each day.

**About the role**

You’ll be responsible for serving meals and snacks to all the children in our Nursery. Working in a kitchen that’s rated 5* for hygiene, you’ll maintain our high standards of hygiene and cleanliness, complying with all the necessary food preparation and storage procedures to keep a clean and well-functioning kitchen. In addition to cooking and serving meals you’ll be in charge of ordering food supplies within an agreed budget. You’ll also have the opportunity to work with the children, taking the lead in cookery based activities.

**We offer the following amazing benefits and opportunities **within our established nursery group**:

- A **competitive salary package**, including pension and occupational sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme **(EAP)**
- Discount and savings at over 1,500 retailers through **PerkPal**
- Monthly staff recognition scheme
- Annual Christmas party for all Toad Hall Staff

**Key tasks and responsibilities**:

- Preparing home-cooked meals for all the children daily.
- Following our menus.
- Ensuring a high level of hygiene.
- Observing cleanliness at all times.
- Maintaining standards in the kitchen.
- Having lots of fun

**Your qualifications and experience**:

- Experience of working in a kitchen.
- A level 3 qualification in basic food hygiene (essential).
- To be hard working.
- To be a team player.
- To be organised.
- Experience of managing allergies and intolerances.
- A satisfactory DBS check

When you submit your CV, please can you outline in a few sentences why you feel you are a suitable applicant for this role?

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We take safeguarding seriously and follow safe recruitment procedures. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 24 per week

**Salary**: £22,484.80-£22,734.40 per hour