Nursery Chef

We're Cooking Up Something Special - and We Need YOU

📍Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, Leek, Congleton, Stoke on Trent and surrounding areas.

⏰ Hours: Monday - Friday 8am till 4pm no weekends

💰 Salary: £17 per hour

Are you passionate about preparing healthy, nutritious meals for little ones? We're on the hunt for a superstar Nursery Chef to whip up tasty, healthy meals for our little foodies!

This isn't just any kitchen job - it's a chance to make a difference, one delicious meal at a time.

👨‍🍳 What You'll Be Doing:

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.

✅ You'll Be Perfect If You:

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)

💰What's in It for You?

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.

⏰ Working Hours:

All of our nurseries offer Monday to Friday day shifts anything from 7/8am starts till 2/3pm, perfect for people looking for a new work life balance. We can also add on extra shifts on the weekend to boost any hours or pay.

🚗 The Commute:

As we cover a large number of locations across Stafford and Staffordshire your commute will vary. If you have a car and are flexible with locations, great. If you're limited to public transport, we'll only send you to places that have public transport links and provide you with all the information you will need to get there. The more flexible you are the more we can offer you.

So if you think this is just what you're looking for then CLICK APPLY TODAY, our registration process can take less then 7 minutes, perfect for people with busy lives. We can offer work immediately for this position.

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