Company Description
Title: Catering Team
Location: Tonbridge, Kent
Salary: 30hrs / £11.50 per hour - Term Time Only - Mainly Monday to Friday
Benefits:
* 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
* 3 volunteering days
* 3 days grandparent leave
* 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave
* Bespoke training and development opportunities
* Pension and life insurance
* Discounts available on our HAPI app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
* Wellbeing hub
* Access to employee assistance program
* Free meals whilst at work
* Free car parking
* Career development opportunities
* HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Kitchen Porter to join our team and work at one of our highly prestigious education settings.
If you are passionate about creating delicious dining experiences that fuel young minds and ignite taste buds, then this is the perfect opportunity to bring your expertise to our table.
Nestled in the heart of Tonbridge, this prestigious independent school caters lunches for 600 pupils (Monday -Friday)
This is a fantastic opportunity for a kitchen porter to make a name for themselves within the food service industry and be a part of setting the new standard for education catering.
Job Description
As a Kitchen Porter, your responsibilities will include:
* Cleaning and washing all kitchen and service items efficiently
* Assisting in food preparation as required
* Maintaining cleanliness of kitchen and restaurant areas
* Operating heavy equipment according to manufacturer's instructions
* Projecting a helpful attitude and exceeding customer expectations
* Cooperating with team members to ensure efficient service
* Following health and safety, food safety, and COSHH standards
* Adhering to cleaning schedules and attending required training
* Acting as a positive ambassador for the business
* Ensuring compliance with the company's safeguarding policies
Qualifications
* Ideally have experience working within Education catering
* Have good Health & Safety knowledge.
* Flexible with a can-do attitude, customer focused.
* Fun and enthusiastic
* Have excellent organization skills.
* Demonstrate great attention to detail.
* Be a team player and enjoy succeeding as a team.
* Possess great customer service skills.
* Have a flexible approach to work.
Additional Information
Holroyd Howe is one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.
To provide our teams with the right skills to succeed in their jobs, we invest in their training and development. Our exceptional teams of seasoned specialists customise our catering services to fit children of all ages and satisfy the unique needs of our clients.
We pride ourselves on:
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the heart of our thinking; always mindful of the ethics of our sourcing and how we prepare our meals.
Nutrition
We take nutrition seriously and understand the impact a healthy diet has on the fundamental years of development. Meals are always freshly prepared from scratch and packed with nutritious ingredients.
Food Innovation
We offer a wide portfolio of training opportunities and experiences, which attracts chefs who are passionate about culinary excellence and menu innovation to our team.
From tasting tables, theme days and food theatre, to chef demonstrations and supplier showcases, we create engaging and fun dining experiences for our students. We work together to make mealtimes exploratory, quirky, and fun for our pupils, helping them build strong and healthy relationships with food.
“Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe are regarded as regulated activity, it is an offence to apply for a role in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children, therefore we will require an Enhanced DBS which includes a Barred List check for all successful applicants. We will also require shortlisted applicants to provide appropriate information regarding any criminal offences and shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search of public available information on suitability to work with children.“
This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.
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