Catering Assistant
Listed on 2026-10-02
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Restaurant/Food Service
Catering, Food & Beverage, Server/Wait Staff, Dishwasher / Kitchen Assistant
- Full time
- 36 hours per week
- Monday
- Thursday 07:30am - 15:30pm & Friday 07:30am - 13:30pm - £13.45 per hour
- Free Parking
- Opportunities for career development
- Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
Catering Assistant
Prestwick
- Full time
Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.
Be part of a team where great service and good food come together. Explore what Sodexo can bring to the table. Step into a role where you bring energy to every shift, serving delicious meals and brightening our customers' day with every interaction. A role where you're paid to put a smile on someone's face. Feed our customers, and we'll fuel your career!
Whatyou'll do:
- Assist with the preparation and presentation of food and beverages.
- Prepare sandwiches, salads and other food items ready for service.
- Set up and maintain hot counters, salad bars and other service areas.
- Serve food, tea, coffee and refreshments to customers.
- Provide a friendly, efficient and professional service throughout the day.
- Operate the till and process customer transactions during service.
- Ensure food is presented attractively and maintained to high quality standards.
- Replenish counters, chillers and service areas throughout service.
- Check deliveries and complete required food temperature checks and records
. - Keep tables, counters and customer areas clean, tidy and well stocked.
- Wash pots, pans, crockery, cutlery and catering equipment.
- Complete general kitchen and catering-area cleaning in line with cleaning schedules.
- Clean and replenish vending machines where required.
- Follow all Food Safety, Health & Safety, hygiene and COSHH procedures
. - Complete relevant food safety and service documentation.
- Report any safety concerns, incidents or near misses promptly.
- Support special functions and other areas of the catering operation when required.
- A friendly, positive and customer-focused approach.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- A good understanding of basic food hygiene
. - A commitment to maintaining high standards of personal hygiene and presentation.
- The ability to follow Food Safety and Health & Safety procedures
. - A reliable, self-motivated and flexible approach to work.
- A willingness to learn and undertake relevant training.
- Confidence working in a busy catering and customer-service environment.
Previous catering or food service experience would be beneficial but isn't essential.
Food Safety training or certification would also be advantageous.
Why Sodexo?:Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance tobe part of something greater.
Belong in a company and team that values you foryou.
Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.
Thrive in your own way.
We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:
- Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
- Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
- Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
- Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
- Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
- Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
- Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we…
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