Nursery Chef
Job description
Salary
Up to £15,600 per annum depending on experience
Working Hours
9:30 - 2:30 (Monday to Friday)
12 month contract (option to renew based on performance)
Nursery Chef

Duties Includes:

• Working in partnership with the Manager and Deputy to ensure the preparation of a balanced and healthy diet for the children, adhering to the Policies & Procedures of the Coat of many Colours Nursery and in compliance with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety, Health and Safety and within the guidelines of Ofsted and the National Standards.
• Preparing a suitably balanced rotating menu taking into account dietary and cultural requirements of the children in line with the Nursery Manager’s requirements.
• The preparation and cooking of all foods in accordance with the daily menus and for special functions.
• Preventing cross contamination of food within the kitchen area.
• Ensuring that all foods are ready at the specified time and correctly served.
• Ensuring that the correct food is served to children with known allergies, as notified to you by the Nursery Manager.
• Making sure that all foods are covered prior to serving and during transportation to the rooms. Also ensuring that foods stored in the refrigerator are adequately covered.
• Ordering stock in line with requirements, keeping accounts and budget control. Maintaining correct stock levels, ensuring stock rotation and ensuring all stock is clearly labelled to include expiry dates.
• Monitoring and recording in writing the temperature of fridge and freezer on a daily basis.
• Temperatures of high-risk food must be recorded at time of delivery and cooking. All food must be stored and served at the temperatures required by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety.
• Ensuring the kitchen and equipment is kept suitably clean at all times including walls, floors and trolleys to transport food following a cleaning schedule. On a daily basis that all crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils are washed and sterilized in accordance with food safety guidelines.
• Ensuring the effective and regular removal of waste materials to the designated waste store.
• Any other duties appropriate to the post as directed by the Nursery Manager and Nursery.

• Working in partnership with the Manager and Deputy to ensure the preparation of a balanced and healthy diet for the children, adhering to the Policies & Procedures of the Coat of many Colours Nursery and in compliance with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety, Health and Safety and within the guidelines of Ofsted and the National Standards.
• Preparing a suitably balanced rotating menu taking into account dietary and cultural requirements of the children in line with the Nursery Manager’s requirements.
• The preparation and cooking of all foods in accordance with the daily menus and for special functions.
• Preventing cross contamination of food within the kitchen area.
• Ensuring that all foods are ready at the specified time and correctly served.
• Ensuring that the correct food is served to children with known allergies, as notified to you by the Nursery Manager.
• Making sure that all foods are covered prior to serving and during transportation to the rooms. Also ensuring that foods stored in the refrigerator are adequately covered.
• Ordering stock in line with requirements, keeping accounts and budget control. Maintaining correct stock levels, ensuring stock rotation and ensuring all stock is clearly labelled to include expiry dates.
• Monitoring and recording in writing the temperature of fridge and freezer on a daily basis.
• Temperatures of high-risk food must be recorded at time of delivery and cooking. All food must be stored and served at the temperatures required by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety.
• Ensuring the kitchen and equipment is kept suitably clean at all times including walls, floors and trolleys to transport food following a cleaning schedule. On a daily basis that all crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils are washed and sterilized in accordance with food safety guidelines.
• Ensuring the effective and regular removal of waste materials to the designated waste store.
• Any other duties appropriate to the post as directed by the Nursery Manager and Nursery