School Chef/Cook

Location: Stoke on Trent & Staffordshire

Establishments: Schools & Nurseries

Contract type: Temporary - some contracts may lead to permanent after successful period.

Hourly rate/Salary: £17p/h - £18p/h

Do you love cooking up tasty food that puts smiles on faces? If you can cook up healthy meals that make kids smile and keep staff coming back for seconds, we'd love to hear from you.

With the new school term just around the corner. We are seeking a several passionate and dedicated DBS School Chefs to join our team and provide healthy, nutritious, and tasty meals for our pupils and staff. You will play a vital role in creating a welcoming dining experience that supports children's wellbeing and fuels their learning.

💡 Perks of the job: 👩‍🍳

Term-time hours (yep - you get school holidays off 🎉)
A warm, friendly school community
The daily satisfaction of empty plates + happy faces
Great pay rates
Weekly pay
Great working life balance
Chance to gain experience and work with some fantastic clients throughout Nottingham & Derby.
Your very own Blue Arrow app and portal where you can accept shifts on the go, find work immediately, and much more.
Dedicated consultant
You choose the hours to work flexible shifts
Chance to gain more hours around current jobs and commitments.
Mixtures of shifts.
PAID FOR EVERY HOUR WORKED

Different working environments - every day is different

✨ The job in a nutshell: 👨‍🍳

Cook meals that make kids go "Mmm!" not "Eww!"
Keep the kitchen running like clockwork 🕒
Cooking up healthy, hearty meals every day - the kind that kids actually want to eat.
Coming up with menu ideas that are fun, balanced and don't break the budget.
Keeping the kitchen running smoothly (and sparkling clean).
Making sure all the important bits like allergies, food hygiene and safety are always taken care of.
Bring creativity, energy, and a splash of fun to the menu

You won't just be a school dinner cook, you will be cooking and preparing fresh nutritious food, ensuring children of all ages have a hot meal daily. You will be covering holiday, sickness and increase business demand, working for several contract catering environments. Some of our contracts can lead to permanent contracts too, perfect for anyone looking for their next position.

🕒 Working Hours: 👩‍🍳

Part time - this will be suitable for any chefs looking to pick extra hours around their current job or commitments

Full time- this would be suitable for any chefs looking for full time work with the option of flexible work too.

As you will be required to work within Schools & nurseries majority of these environments offer Monday to Friday working from around 7/8am start until 3/4pm, with weekends off. Don't worry we can still offer work on weekends too, to build your hours if needed.

🎯 What we need from you: 👨‍🍳

Chef/cooking experience (school, café, care home, pub - all welcome!)
A love of food and feeding people
Organisation + teamwork skills
A big dollop of positivity
Someone who's happiest in a busy kitchen.
Experience cooking for groups (school, café, care, pub - all good!).
A positive, can-do attitude - if you can make kids excited about veg, you're a superstar in our book.
Reliable and ready to roll up your sleeves.

An in date Enhanced DBS covering child workforce 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 if needed, this would benefit you in offering more work.)

You will have extraordinary attention to detail
You will have knowledge of stock management and ordering (job role dependant)
You will enjoy working with different people
Have the ability to work within various environments
You will have the skills to manage teams (job role dependant)
Have the ability to work to menus, but also to produce own food weekly menus
Have experience working with fresh food within a contract catering environment
You will have the skills to manage small teams
You will be able to work under pressure and work with a variety of teams
You will enjoy being flexible and managing your own diary
You will have your own chef whites and knives
You will be able to work under pressure and work with a variety of teams
Available to cover ad hoc last minute sickness requests for our clients this can be on the same day.
You will have at least 2 years background working as a cook or chef manager
You will be at least a cook level or up to chef management level

You will have your own chef whites and knives

The Commute:
As we cover a large number of locations across Stoke on Trent, 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

Next steps

📩 Please click apply in the first stance to apply for the position. You will then be asked to start our registration process. Once this has been completed and if suitable based on your application, you will then be able to book your interview/right to work check via Microsoft teams with one of our team member's.

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