Passionate about working with seasonal and local produce?
Our well-established and very popular café restaurant follows an ethos to cook with only the freshest, most seasonal, and locally sourced produce, so that the ingredients do the talking and we are looking for a great candidate who wants to learn and grow in the role. If you are interested in joining a fun and dynamic team and you are passionate about working with seasonal and local produce in a busy kitchen, then this role will be of interest to you! This opportunity will allow the right person to learn from the Head Chef whilst developing and growing your own career.
If you are interested in joining a fun and dynamic team and you are passionate about working with seasonal and local produce in a busy kitchen, then this role will be of interest to you! This opportunity will allow the right person to learn from the Head Chef whilst developing and growing your own career.
Location & hours
Hunningham, Leamington spa. Full time, usual hours 8:00am – 5:00pm, 1 evening every Friday in summer.
Responsibilities
- To produce great tasting food for our customers, ensuring a high quality of food is continuously produced for the dishes that you prepare.
- Support the Head Chef as required during each shift with food preparation and any other tasks that are required.
- To bake cakes and pastries for the café/farm shop as required.
- To cover the Head Chef on their days off and to maintain the standards they cook to during this time.
- Input into the menu with ideas and inspiration for supporting the Head Chef to manage a seasonal, great tasting, interesting menu throughout the year.
- To support the Head Chef to make sure that we have the optimum amount of stock on site, so that we can always meet customers’ orders.
- Manage the stock in your area so that waste is kept to a minimum and food safety and quality is not compromised.
- To support the Head Chef to ensure that the kitchen is maintained to a high standard of hygiene at all times and that it always complies with food safety legislation.
- To support Head Chef with deep cleaning as required.
- To support Head Chef with record keeping & food labelling as required.
- To sweep and mop down floors at the end of every shift in your work area.
Benefits
Unlike other restaurants, we have extremely sociable day-time hours with 9am-5pm trading times. You will just be required to work at one off evening events periodically and Friday evenings during the summer months.
About you
• Minimum 1 years’ experience in the catering industry
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Work well within a team and individually
• Well organised and excellent time management
• Creative and able to create new and innovative dishes
• Highly-motivated, enthusiastic, and energetic
• Share our passion for food & ingredients
• Experience in fresh, seasonal cooking (desirable)
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