Catering Assistant

About the role Hello, and thank you for your interest in our Catering Assistant vacancy here at John Lewis Cheltenham. As a Catering Assistant, you'll primarily ne working in either our customer restaurants known as the Place to Eat or behind-the-scenes in our Partner dining rooms, PDRs. Wherever you work, you'll offer the great customer service we're known for. It can be fast-paced but by taking great pride in your food preparation and presentation standards, you'll ensure the best possible catering experience.
You'll also support with other catering related tasks, including stock replenishment and storage of deliveries.
Our Catering Partners enjoy free food in our dining rooms on their working days and being based in our shops, there is no split shifts or late evening work.
**At a glance**:
We are recruiting for several positions here at John Lewis Cheltenham. There are 3 rotas available:
1 x full time rota working every other weekend
1 x part time rota working every other weekend
1 x weekend rota working both Saturday and Sunday
Interviews will be taking place on Tuesday 11th March
**Key responsibilities**:
Work as a team to ensure a smooth catering service
Provide positive customer and Partner interactions with a friendly and welcoming attitude. Being an ambassador for the John Lewis brand at all times
Follow procedures and instructions using the 'Health and Safety at Work Act' and 'Food Safety Act' when completing all relevant tasks
Ensure stock is replenished and available for our customers
Reduce food wastage by ensuring care and due diligence when rotating food stock
Act promptly and use your initiative to resolve any issues that arise in the operation
Maintain personal hygiene standards
**Essential skills and/or experience you'll need**:
Ability to be flexible to work across the whole Catering team and and use your initiative to ensure the smooth running of the operation
Passion for food
Keen eye for detail and high standards in food preparation, hygiene and cleanliness
**Desirable skills and/or experience you may have**:
Ability to work in a fast paced physically demanding environment
Team Work
Great customers service
Experience of working in a kitchen or a catering environment
About The Partnership
We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.
As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.
We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.
As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.
**Important points to note**:
We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.