Nursery Cook / Chef

Nursery Cook / Chef

Hello, I’m Donna, the Nursery Manager at Barney Lodge. We take great pride in our indoor-outdoor approach to learning. Our children enjoy exploring our spacious, two-level garden areas and participating in enriching forest school sessions. And for our youngest learners, our beautifully designed Baby Cottage for under 2s is the true jewel in our crown—offering a calm, nurturing start to their journey.

*Remarkable Futures Start Here*

Can you help us make mealtimes the best part of a child’s day?

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]’s Purpose

To give children healthy foundations in fantastic settings, helping them build the confidence and resilience that will set them up for success later in life.

How you’ll spend your time hereAs a Nursery Chef/Cook, you’ll prepare nutritious, freshly made meals whilst maintaining the highest standards of safety and hygiene in the nursery kitchen at all times. Your flexibility and reliability will ensure the smooth operation of the kitchen.

• Catering for children with specific dietary needs
• Working to an extremely high level when it comes to the relevant Food and Hygiene, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety, Health and Safety and Ofsted guidelines and regulations
• Ensuring that all children have rich stimulating eating experiences
• Maintaining stock levels and ensuring stock rotation
• Following COSHH and other relevant guidelines

We’d love to talk to you if you have the following

• Level 2 Food and Hygiene
• Experience in a commercial kitchen as an assistant cook/chef or something very similar
• Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH

Benefits for You

• ·         For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with Pay Captain
• ·         Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave
• ·         Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets
• ·         Development - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the [Employer hidden] Support Fund
• ·         Our community -Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and [Employer hidden] Awards

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Click apply today, don’t worry if your CV isn’t perfect just send us what you have and we’ll work out the rest later.

*[Employer hidden] sets the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our*families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.