Salary: £27,040

Hours: 38 per week 8 am - 4:30 pm

Holiday: 7 weeks of paid holiday

Les Petites Etoiles - Crouch Hill is a private bilingual nursery which offers excellent teacher ratios and care. We admit children to the nursery from ten months until four years.

Job Role

As the Cook, you will be solely responsible for the day-to-day running of the kitchen. This will include the preparation of an entirely organic set menu plan (provided by the school) which consists of a morning snack (chopped fruit), preparation of lunch for up to 42 children and 18 staff and an afternoon snack (varying from smoothies to sandwiches).

Ideally, you will have the following:

• Experience preparing food for large numbers of children and or adults.
• Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate or above (we can provide training if not)
• Food Allergen Awareness (training will be provided)

Responsibilities

• Maintaining high hygiene standards to ensure a safe working environment following Food Standard Agency/ Environmental Health guidelines.
• Prepare a balanced rotating menu considering the children's dietary and cultural requirements.
• Maintaining necessary kitchen procedures and records.
• Liaise with the nursery Manager on the ordering of necessary kitchen equipment.
• To undertake any other reasonable catering duties as requested by the Nursery Manager.
• Ensure all crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils are washed following food safety guidelines.
• Ensure that all foods are ready at the specified time and correctly served.
• To implement and maintain the company’s equal opportunities policy, ensuring that children, parents and the staff team are valued, and practice is positive and non-discriminatory

Benefits

• Sick pay
• Training
• Trip after ten years
• Events
• Help for bike purchase
• Well-being program
• Free independent counselling service
• Free lunches

Safeguarding

Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind

We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.

All references will be thoroughly checked and we will apply for a DBS update service as well as a DBS equivalent from any country the applicant was in prior to the UK and within the last 5 years.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.