Nursery Cook / Chef

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
Lincoln
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Hospitality
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SKILLS

Food Hygiene Health and Safety COSHH Cooking Dietary Needs Stock Rotation

FULL DESCRIPTION

Nursery: Glebe Farm Nursery School, Heighington Rd, Lincoln, LN4 2RJ

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am - 4.30pm, Full Time, 40 hours per week

Salary: £12.75 per hour

About you

You are a dedicated, Level 2 Food and Hygiene qualified cook with a solid understanding of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH and you're looking for a new role in a fun, friendly team, where you can thrive and make the most of your culinary skills.

What you'll be doing

As a Nursery Cook, you’ll assist in preparing nutritious, freshly made meals while 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.

Day to day you will find yourself;

  • 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 are kept safe and have rich stimulating eating experiences
  • Maintaining stock levels and ensuring stock rotation
  • Following COSHH and other relevant guidelines

What you'll need

  • 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

Why work for us:

Family Friendly Benefits- enhanced parents leave including maternity, paternity & adoption & Childcare Discount at 50% off all fees

Refuel Benefits- access to modern-day, progressive mental health support & sick pay

Financial Perks- emergency cash access to your pay before pay date, free financial coaching

Social Perks – online community for peer-to-peer socializing eg. book club, pets club, pinecones club & continuous professional development accessible to you at anytime

Plus, many more.

We care about our people.

Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes Glebe Farm so special.

*[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the 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.

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