We are seeking a skilled Chef to join our team in a thriving contract catering, commercial kitchen. The ideal candidate will have a passion for preparing healthy, balanced and nutritious cold teas and desserts from scratch.
Our award winning menus take influences from seasonal crops and rotate every 3 weeks to offer our customers a broad and diverse range of meals from freshly prepared ingredients.
Responsibilities
* Ensure high-quality food production and presentation
* Oversee food preparation and cooking of hot meals, sandwiches and desserts
* Preparation of ingredients
* Collaborate with the team to develop new dishes and menus
* Product labelling and date labelling
* Maintain kitchen hygiene and adherence to food safety standards
Personal qualities-Our future Chef needs to have a fun, friendly can do attitude, who is considered as organised, punctual and can cope with early starts.
Experience-
- Proven experience working in a restaurant kitchen or commercial/hospitality environment
- Strong culinary skills with expertise in various cooking techniques
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multitask effectively
-Proven ability to handle and control allergen requirements safely
A minimum of level 2 health and hygiene is required for this role, we can offer training for this in house. HACCP controls and COSHH knowledge preferred and allergen awareness experience would be a bonus. Please detail any relevant experience on you CV
Working hours-
Monday to Friday, 5am-14:00, no evenings or weekends. Christmas New Year and bank holidays off.
Company information-Little Tums Catering is an award winning catering company, specifically preparing high end, nutritious and tasty meals from scratch for children's nurseries and schools.
Our menus can be viewed on our website littletums.co.uk
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From £13.00 per hour
Expected hours: 45 per week
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Discounted or free food
* Employee discount
* Free parking
* On-site parking
Please provided a CV with all the relevant experience you hold. We look forward to hearing from all the prospective candidates.
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