Job Description

School Cook

Monday to Friday

35 hours per week

Food Hygiene and DBS Certificates required

Howden Area

To provide food of high nutritious quality in an atmosphere of cleanliness, cheerfulness and on a no cost no gain basis.

Food planning and preparation

• Checks with the head cook for assignments and/or instructions. Carefully follows all directions. Seeks advice when expectations are unclear. Takes the initiative to perform routine tasks independently.
• Maintain records on food and supplies received and used under the guidance of the Head Cook.
• Orders supplies under the guidance of the Head Cook
• Carefully uses products and supplies to control costs and reduce waste.
• Prepares, cooks and serves food based upon published menus.
• Follows approved receiving and storage procedures to ensure food safety.
• Assists with the receipt of deliveries. Verifies quantities. Reports shortages, spoilage or inferior products.
• Organizes, stores, dates, and rotates stock as directed.
• Assists the Head Cook to plans the menus at the school.
• Standardizes, as much as possible, the size of portions served.
• Ensures compliance with all food preparation regulations
• Sets up serving lines and presents food in an attractive way.
• Maintain a wastage log to review the volume of food not being sold and adjusts food preparation in order that this is kept to a minimum.
• Assists with regular stocktakes.
• Clears and resets the dining hall as necessary.
• Uses the till to record catering sales.

Staff Management

• Directs, plans and supervises the work of dining hall employees including lunchtime supervisors.
• Plans work schedules and arranges for substitutes when required.
• Review of all catering and lunchtime supervisor staff timesheets.
• Supervise all subordinate staff and direct where necessary.

Hygiene

• Oversees and participates in the cleaning of kitchen, serving, storage and dining areas.
• Directs sanitation procedures under the guidance of the Head Cook.
• Plan, direct, and supervise the cleaning schedules for the eating area of the dining hall under the guidance of the Head Cook.

Catering equipment

• Monitors kitchen safety. Ensures that kitchen supplies and equipment are properly stored. Identifies maintenance needs and notifies the head cook.

Additional Duties

• Carry out other reasonable tasks from time to time as directed by the Head Cook, Head of School or Finance Director.
• The post holder will be expected to work within the schools' policies and procedures.
• Performing other such duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility

If you are interested and meet the above criteria, please send your CV to (url removed) or call the Commercial team on (phone number removed) if you have any queries.

Please note: Prestige Recruitment is an equal opportunity employer with 30 years of service within the recruitment & staffing sector.