Catering Assistant

Impact Food Group; Eltham; On-site; Part time

Job summary

A leading catering service provider in the UK is seeking a Catering Assistant to join their team at Leigh Stationers Academy. This role offers weekday daytime hours, allowing for a healthy work-life balance with weekends and evenings free. The selected candidate will provide quality service and assist in food preparation, all while benefiting from career development opportunities, employee discounts, and a free meal during shifts. A background in customer service, ideally in catering or retail, is preferred.

Benefits

Free meal on shift

Staff discount scheme

Career development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Provide friendly, efficient, and hygienic service to customers.
• Assist in the preparation of food and snacks.
• Perform counter service and till work.
• Maintain cleanliness in kitchen and restaurant areas.

Skills

Customer service skills

Catering or retail experience

Job description

About the role

Are you looking for that next step in your career, then you've come to the right place!

Impact Food Group is made up of 4 amazing brands, Innovate, Cucina, Hutchison and Chapter One, we specialise in providing an exceptional catering service to the education sector and are Catey award winning!

We are looking for People who are devoted to great service, fantastic food, and making a positive impact.

Role Details

• Job Title: Catering Assistant
• School Location: Leigh Stationers Academy, Greenwich, SE9 2PT
• Working Days: Monday to Friday
• Shifts & Working hours: 10am-2.30pm (22.5 hours per week)
• Working Weeks: 38 weeks per year (term time only)
• Pay Details: £12.21 per Hour

Responsibilities

• Working as part of the catering team at the site to provide a friendly, efficient and hygienic service to all customers.
• Assist in the preparation of food and snacks for the site
• Counter service and till work
• Keeping the kitchen and restaurant areas in a clean and tidy state at all times.

We’re open to people with great customer service skills, ideally from a catering or retail background, but if that’s not you, don’t let it put you off. We’re not in the business of making school food, we’re here to make good food, after all, that’s why our clients and customers love us!

So maybe you fancy working somewhere close to home, with daytime hours, and with your weekends and evenings free? Not to mention all school holidays off, giving you the opportunity for some great work-life balance. A bonus free meal is supplied on shift!

We’ll give you a place to grow and a career to be proud of. There are loads of free qualifications and career development opportunities to be had and we’ve got a staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers! We also run monthly opportunities for the best teams to win shopping vouchers.

If you think you’ve got what it takes, and the times above suit you, we’d love to hear from you!

A short kitchen visit and interview will be required for this role.

IFG is committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG will pay for.

We are a committed equal opportunities employer – if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail within your application. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements.