Nursery Cook

at  Thomas Franks Ltd

CONTRACT: PERMANENTSALARY: 30000

A well-established nursery and training college in Reading, Berkshire. Catering for up to 120 students and teachers. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast/Lunch and Afternoon Snack. There is not much hospitality at this location. This is a 52 week contract and operates Monday to Friday. Additional benefit to this location is free parking on site.
The successful candidate will be working alongisde a chef manager preparing breakfast snacks, lunch snacks and assisting with the lunch service ansd set-up.
The nursery catering team is made up of a team of three.
We are looking for a talented Nursery cook to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Reading.
If you are a current chef or want to train and develop to become a chef by joining our chefs academy then please apply today.
You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

YOU WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS:

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised person with attention to detail

KNOWLEDGE / COMPETENCIES:

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

ABOUT US

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

• Prepare and cook a variety of food following recipe cards
• Setting up workstations with all needed ingredients and equipment
• Nursery meals Lunch, light tea and snacks.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great team player