Catering Assistant - Blean Primary School (Fixed Term Contract)

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 22 March 2026
LOCATION
Canterbury
TYPE
Part-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Hospitality
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SKILLS

Food Preparation Customer Service Teamwork Time Management Communication Skills Hygiene Standards Compliance Cash Handling

FULL DESCRIPTION

Catering Assistant - Blean Primary School (Fixed Term Contract) in Canterbury

Prepare and serve delicious food while ensuring a fantastic customer experience.

Join Pabulum Catering, a company dedicated to healthy food for children.

Enjoy a competitive hourly wage, holiday pay, and a great work-life balance.

Be part of a positive team making a real difference in children's lives.

Passionate about food, great communicator, and reliable team player.

Fixed term contract with opportunities for growth in a supportive environment.

Catering Assistant - Blean Primary School (Fixed Term Contract) in Canterbury

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Catering Assistant on a Fixed Term Contract to help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our pupils at Blean Primary School. In return we offer an excellent work life balance, support and a fantastic company culture for a business committed to providing healthy food to children. At Pabulum, you’re important; without our employees we wouldn’t be where we are today with such a strong, innovative, and constantly growing business. With over 120 sites across Southern England there’s plenty of opportunity for you to grow, learn and develop.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Preparing our delicious food
  • Serving our lovely customers and providing a fantastic service
  • Working well as part of a team
  • Cleaning up after service
  • Replenishing counters
  • Working on the tills and completing paperwork
  • Complying with Food Handling and Hygiene Standards

Our ideal Catering Assistant will be:

  • Passionate about food
  • A fantastic communicator who works well as part of a team
  • Able to work under pressure
  • An exceptional timekeeper and reliable
  • Friendly and approachable

Role details and benefits include:

  • Fixed Term Contract until the end of April 2026
  • 25 hours per week
  • Term time only
  • £12.21 per hour
  • Monday to Friday
  • Holiday pay
  • NEST pension scheme
  • Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme
  • Excellent work/family life balance due to term time only contract

At Pabulum there are three basic ingredients for your role:

  • The food - Here at Pabulum, we take our values so seriously that we put Education, Passion, Sensation, and Innovation forefront of everything we do. 94% of our food is freshly prepared on site every day, using 75% British produce and little or no frozen or processed foods.
  • The people - Happy customers always come back for more, so we expect you to ensure they have an excellent customer experience.
  • And you - We are recruiting for a Catering Assistant to join our positive and professional team.

As you will be working in Education, you must provide two employment/character references and we’ll also carry out an Enhanced DBS / Criminal Record Check as well (which we’ll pay for).

Interested in becoming part of the Pabulum family? Please apply online.

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