Catering Assistant

Impact Food Group; Paignton; On-site; GBP 8,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading catering service provider in the UK is seeking a Catering Assistant for Paignton Academy. This role involves providing a friendly and efficient service, assisting with food preparation, and maintaining hygiene standards. Ideal candidates have customer service skills, with the flexibility to work during school hours and enjoy weekends and holidays off. The position offers opportunities for career development, free meals on shifts, and a chance to grow within the company.

Benefits

Free meal on shift

Career development opportunities

Staff discount scheme

Qualifications

• Great customer service skills.
• Experience in catering or retail ideal but not required.
• Willingness to learn and grow in the role.

Responsibilities

• Provide a friendly and efficient catering service.
• Assist in food preparation.
• Perform counter service and manage till operations.
• Maintain cleanliness in kitchen and restaurant areas.

Skills

Customer service skills

Ability to work in a team

Food preparation

Job description

Overview

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 four 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.

Job Details

Job Title: Catering Assistant

School Location: Paignton Academy (Waterleat Road), Paignton, TQ3 3WA

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 11am-2.15pm (15 hours per week) (15 min break each day)

Working Weeks: 38 weeks per year (term time only)

Pay Details: £7,692.30 per annum

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.

What we look for

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. As an added bonus a free meal is supplied on shift!

Benefits and Development

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.

Next steps

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

There will be a short kitchen visit and interview for this role.

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

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