Cook - Stafford

About Us:

Our client is a market leading contract catering company specialising in school food. By combining their understanding of the education sector and their knowledge of what’s on trend in the food world, they encourage creativity and excitement in their kitchens, allowing the teams to do what they do best and provide fantastic food experiences for the children.

The Role:

As a Cook in one of their schools, you will be responsible for the preparation and delivery of a healthy, nutritious and fun menu for the students and staff. You will focus on delivering the highest quality of food and service, along with having the flair, originality and the ability to make this one of the best catering offers in the area.
 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparation of the menu, using the recipes provided

• Ensuring Food Hygiene, Allergen and Health and Safety compliance

• The production of Hospitality as per the client's requests

• Supervision of the team

• Building relationships with both the client and customers

• Providing a friendly and polite customer service experience for all
   

About you
 

 They need someone who shares our passion for delivering exceptional food and service to our schools along with the following skills and experience:
 

• Ideally, you will have some knowledge of education catering, having used fresh ingredient,s and possess excellent craft skills

• You have Food Hygiene level 2 & 3 (further training will be available)

• You have excellent knowledge of health and safety practices

• Computer literate with experience in using different systems

• You’re self-motivated, able to use your own initiative, have a desire to learn and achieve, whilst motivating others
   

Why join them ? 
 

Firstly, we offer fantastic hours. You’ll work Monday to Friday during school term time, meaning more time with friends and family and no working at Christmas! This role is:

• 35 hours per week, with no late nights

• Working 38 weeks per year based around term time – what could you do with all that time off?

• £15 per hour
   

You’ll also benefit from:

• Working for a fast-growing, ambitious company. There is no ceiling here in terms of where you can take your career
• A dedicated L&D team to support you in developing your skills, including apprenticeships and training courses that are available for everyone.

Please note, we do expect all staff to share our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/young people, and an enhanced DBS disclosure will be sought by the company.

Pineapple Recruitment are recruiting for this role on behalf of our client and are acting as Recruitment Agency