Kitchen Assistant

We are looking for a creative Daytime Kitchen Assistant to help out in our lunch service in our Farm Shop Kitchen. With a team of 2 chefs, Dummer Down Farm Shop specialises in delicious cooked breakfasts, healthy lunches and deli offerings served to our customers between 9am – 3pm.

As well as the standard, monthly-changing menus, additional events and special menus for mothers day, Easter, Valentines day etc, mean no two days are the same.

Dummer Down Café & Grocery is set in the outbuildings of Dummer Down Farm on the outskirts of Basingstoke. The site includes a large café with a kitchen and retail space that stocks locally farmed meat, and deli items such as charcuterie and cheese, breads and patisserie.
There is great outside seating, and the opportunity to use the space for private functions.
 

Does your dream job look something like this?

• A well equipped, spotless kitchen, with a dry store and a walk in cold room and a separate wash up area.
• Full autonomy for senior chefs to create your own menus using local, fresh ingredients and to present your concept to the customers.
• A cosy, warm interior in the winter and plenty of outdoor eating space in the summer.
• Competitive salaries, with a maximum hour working weeks and no split shifts.
• An enthusiastic front of house team
• A really committed, professional and skilled general manager who wants to work with you to maximise the potential of the establishment.
• A back office which includes a marketing team, finance support, management support and HR.

“One of the reasons I went into the hospitality industry was to create working conditions like these. If I was a chef this would be my dream job.” Romilla Arber, Owner, Honesty Group.

Seasonal Hours: 8 hours per week split into 2 shifts 

10h00 to 14h00

Week day shifts only.

Why work with us, not them?

Our strong community-led values, and people-first approach separate us from our competitors. We are committed to holding ourselves to the highest standards with regards to the environment and sustainability, with all our food made by hand by our incredible team of chefs and bakers utilising fresh, seasonal, local ingredients (where possible) and served to our customers by dedicated, healthy and happy staff. We are Real Living Wage employers.

• Regular hours during the day (very few evening shifts)

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• To produce the food to order 
• To produce retail items for sale in the shop when necessary and to avoid waste
• To manage the specials board so that it is varied and lessens the likelihood of waste
• To organise the kitchen and its resources
• To ensure the kitchen is clean and well organised so that the café can obtain a 5 star food hygiene rating
• To ensure targets, when set are met
• To engage with the marketing team to promote the café and its food
• To make the most of seasonal and local produce whenever possible
• Maintain and build relationships with key suppliers
• Manage stock control and stock rotation (FIFO),
• Quality control of products leaving the kitchen
• To embrace the H&S regulations and the requisite procedures involving Food Safety
• To adhere to Honesty values and ethos
• To work with the coffee shop to ensure great customer satisfaction
• To ensure that the kitchen is reaching its maximum productivity potential

KEY COMPETENCIES

• An understanding of the importance of quality control
• An understanding of teamwork
• A love of fresh food

To join our team you will need to:

• work with initiative as part of a team
• have a calm, cheerful and helpful disposition
• work within our Honesty Shop standards, respecting food safety and health and safety requirements

In return for your hard work we offer:

• Secure employment contracts
• Annual wage increases keeping up with the National Living Wage
• Full training and opportunity to develop within the business
• Free meal on duty
• 20% off all products outside of work
• Discounted Cookery School Courses
• Skills and Career Development opportunities
• New employee referral scheme