Kitchen Assistant

Bright Little Stars™ Ltd.; Watford; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

A local nursery is seeking a part-time Kitchen Assistant in Watford to support the chef in preparing meals and maintaining kitchen hygiene. The role requires strong communication skills and experience in a kitchen environment. The nursery offers a fantastic benefits package, including pay up to £20,540 annually, annual leave, and support for higher qualifications. If you are passionate about food and eager to contribute, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

Excellent rates of pay

Up to 35 days annual leave

Free wholesome, hot lunches

Free uniform

Employee assistance programme

Childcare discount scheme

Qualifications

• Good understanding of health and hygiene.
• Experience in a kitchen environment (nursery or school settings desirable).
• Clear DBS.
• Understanding of catering for special diets.
• Enthusiastic, flexible, can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support chef ensuring all kitchen equipment is clean.
• Follow food safety protocols.
• Assist Nursery Chef in high-standard catering.
• Complete advanced Food Hygiene Certificate.

Skills

Understanding of health and hygiene

Experience in a kitchen environment

Strong communication skills

Good timekeeping and organisational skills

Enthusiastic attitude

Ability to work in a team

Job description

**Barnet – Recruiting for Kitchen Assistant****Part Time- 30 hours per week****Set Shifts 10am-5pm****Monday-Friday – all year round****Salary- up to £20,540 per annum !****Cook Up a Storm with Bright Little Stars in Barnet!****We have an exciting opportunity to join a hardworking, friendly Chef in our modern state of the art kitchen !** Our **Barnet Nursery** are recruiting a **Kitchen Assistant working 30 hours per week**, Monday – Friday afternoon (10pm – 5pm) all year round (50 weeks a year).This role involves supporting the full time Nursery Chef to prepare and cook meals for our children, as well as helping to **maintain our 5 star Food Hygiene rating.****At Bright Little Stars, we offer a fantastic benefits package including:*** Excellent rates of pay* Up to 35 days annual leave – 20 days holiday, 8 bank holidays, 1 pro-rata birthday day, 1 bonus day and up to 5 further days with years of service (depending on position)* Option to carry over up to 5 annual leave days, at the end of each year* Support for higher level qualifications through the BLS Staff Development Programme with paid study days* Senior career Enhancement through the BLS Management Training Programme* Two training days and one planning day onsite during inset days. Additional internal and external training sessions* Free wholesome, hot lunches available in the staff room* Free Uniform is provided* Three complementary team building activities a year!* Workplace pension with employer contribution of up to 3%* Employee assistance programme* Staff childcare discount and salary sacrifice scheme for parental staff**Duties:*** Support chef ensuring that all kitchen equipment is clean and well-maintained .* Follow food safety protocols to maintain a clean and hygienic kitchen environment.* To support/assist the Nursery Chef in ensuring a high standard of catering with all food being prepared for the children through following the policies, procedures, legislative guidelines and relevant instructions as set out by the Nursery.* To complete advanced Food Hygiene Certificate**Requirements of Kitchen Assistant role:*** Good understanding of the importance of health and hygiene* Experience in a kitchen environment (nursery or school settings desirable)* Clear DBS* Understanding of catering for special diets, allergies and intolerances* Strong communication skills* Good timekeeping and organisational skills* An enthusiastic, flexible, can do attitude* Ability to work quickly but efficiently.* Ability to work well in a team**If you are passionate about food and eager to contribute to a dynamic team, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity as a Kitchen Assistant**