Catering Assistant (3-month FTC)

at  CATS Global Schools

ABOUT GUILDHOUSE SCHOOL

Guildhouse School, located in the heart of Bloomsbury in central London, is a boarding school for ages 15+ that provides an immersive international environment for ideas and creativity, where students are empowered to make a positive impact on our world. The school offers an outstanding international pre-university educational experience, with small class sizes, to students from all over the world. Housed in three beautiful grade two listed buildings, the school is the first high school in Europe to have a Bloomberg Business Lab. Students at Guildhouse School are studying for A levels and University Foundation Programmes and preparing for admission to universities across the UK and abroad. We pride ourselves on our approach to high quality and personalised teaching and learning experiences, with small class sizes and an informal atmosphere ensuring that students are treated as individuals and build great relationships with staff. Our ethos and culture for students is ‘Work Hard, Aim High & Be Kind’.

OVERVIEW OF THE JOB

This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to join our operations team as a Catering / Kitchen Assistant on a 3-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC), there may be scope for this to be extended however this is not guaranteed. You will help to deliver the catering provision at our central London international school, assisting with service times for breakfast, lunch and dinner for our international students and staff. The teams provide catering throughout the day but last service is at 7pm, so there are no late shifts, and weekends are on rotation contributing to a better work/life balance supported by our fantastic benefits we have to offer.
This would suit someone looking to get into the catering sector or an experienced catering / kitchen assistant looking for a new challenge with better work life balance in a supported and varied environment.
You will be required to work Monday - Friday between the hours of 05:30am and 18:00, working 8 hours each day. You will also be required to work every 1 in 4 weekends in which the hours are: 09:00 - 18:00.

MAIN DUTIES FOR THE KITCHEN ASSISTANT WILL INCLUDE:

• Day to day cleaning of canteen and kitchen to a high standard.
• Assisting chef on food preparation.
• Front of house service.
• Assist with deliveries to ensure they are put away correctly.
• Assist with making of sandwiches and baguettes for the coffee bar.
• Salad preparation.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB

• Maintain the high level of hygiene standards throughout the catering establishment
• Fridge & freezer temperatures to be recorded
• Food temperatures to be recorded from kitchen as well as on the hot plate
• Open & closing checks to be done daily and signed off by Chefs
• All staff to be wearing correct uniforms at all times
• All uniforms are clean on and ironed
• All staff required to use correct tools at all times
• All food to be produced to a high standard and to the correct temperature
• All food to be garnished on hot plate
• All chemicals to be stored away in locked cabinet except daily spray bottles
• Minimum of ten items to be on the salad bar including one of each of the following: meat, fish, cheese, or egg item
• All accidents to be logged as they happen in the SFBB manual
• Report all issues in the day to day running of the kitchen to the Head Chef
  Please note, the above is not an exhaustive list of duties and reference should be made to the full job description for this.