Assistant Nursery Cook

Job Description

As an Assistant Nursery Cook, you will provide essential support during periods of leave, absence, or when additional help is needed. Working closely with the 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Catering for children with specific dietary needs
• Working to an extremely high level regarding Food and Hygiene, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety, Health and Safety and Ofsted guidelines
• Ensuring all children have rich stimulating eating experiences
• Maintaining stock levels and ensuring stock rotation
• Following COSHH and other relevant guidelines
• Deputising for the permanent Nursery Cook during absences

Requirements

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

Benefits

• Enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off & access to pay before payday
• Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave
• Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets
• Micro-learning, financial stability tools & the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Support Fund
• Termly inset days, team member app and [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Awards

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] sets the highest of standards when it comes to safeguarding... As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff complete thorough compliance checks prior to employment including references & DBS.

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