Nursery Chef
- Derby
- £16.00-17.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Creating fresh, yummy meals and snacks for children aged 6 months to 5 years.
- Cooking with care - catering for allergies and dietary needs.
- Keeping our kitchen sparkling clean and fully stocked.
- Work in partnership with nursery staff to support children's well-being.
- You will be required to cook and prepare for lunch service, snack & teatime service
- Take responsibility for catered dietary requirements and ensure communicated to team members.
- Ensuring high levels of standards within hygiene & cleanliness on site the nurseries
- Adhere to all health and safety on site, and ensure all internal and external requirements are met, with all relevant temperature paperwork completed.
- Putting away deliveries.
- Assist with other areas of the kitchen including pot washing. - this is mainly within our smaller sites, due to lower volumes.
- Ability to work with children, in preparing fun snacks and baking sessions.
- Have experience in a kitchen (nursery or school setting is a bonus!)
- Know your way around food hygiene (Level 2 certificate required)
- Are organised, creative, and love working around children
- Can turn veggies into magic!
- Previous experience as a chef/cook level within the last 2 years, within a DBS controlled environment or children environment.
- Flexibility in shift patterns including weekends if needed all our nurseries don't require weekends.
- Experience within education sector, cooking for either small & large schools both primary secondary and nurseries.
- Great communication and team work skills
- Level 2 Health and Safety Certificate (ideal but not essential as training is provided)
- Food allergen certificates.
- Passion for food
- Ability to work under pressure
- Due to certain locations a full UK driving license is required along with own access to a vehicle
- An in date Enhanced DBS DATED WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS ideally on the new updated service programme. (we do have the Facilities to put you through one at a cost)
- Supportive and cheerful work environment
- Training opportunities to boost your skills
- Free weekends and evenings - hooray for work-life balance
- The joy of seeing kids enjoy what you made
- Great pay rates paid every Friday
- Holiday pay
- Weekly pay
- Dedicated consultant
- Flexibility in your working environment
- Flexibility in your working days and time
- Your very own App and portal to accept shifts on the go, and submit timesheets
- Company pension scheme
- Even though a lot of your roles will be on a temporary basis, these can quite easily lead to permanent work for the right candidates.