Cook - Eurospar

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Job Posting Closing Date: 11.59pm Thursday 15 October 2026

£14.07 per hour & great benefits.

Full-time position available working 42.5 hours per week within the hours of 6am - 9pm Monday to Sunday with a degree of flexibility required.

Henderson Group are proud to be Northern Ireland’s leading food service provider. Our group encompasses Henderson Wholesale, Henderson Retail, Henderson Food service and Henderson Group Property. We employ over 5,500 staff and have been placed 5th in Ulster Business Top 100 Companies 2024.

We're an Investors in People accredited, family-owned group, and our culture is lived out through our four core values
- Ambition, Customer First, Teamwork and Integrity.

We’re looking for a special candidate who will lead our hard-working and friendly team, making it all happen - assisting management in the safe and hygienic preparation and production of high quality meals sold in our store and maintaining great hygiene standards by keeping the prep and service areas clean. You’ll be supported by a team of brilliant people, and there are fantastic career development and progression opportunities.

• Set up workstations with all needed ingredients and cooking equipment.
• Check quality of ingredients and report any concerns to management.
• Prepare ingredients to use in cooking (peeling and chopping vegetables and cutting meat etc as required).
• Follow recipes and methods in a very strict manner to ensure the highest possible quality and consistency of food production.
• Portion, arrange and garnish food to the required specification.
• Cook food as required using various utensils and kitchen appliances.
• Exercise and enforce constant watch over Health & Safety, Security, Discipline and Due Diligence.
• Carry out food safety control checks in all areas to ensure all standards are being maintained and recorded.
• Prepare and cook all food in line with company procedure and Health and Safety regulations.
• Ensure a high standard of cleanliness in the Kitchen area is maintained at all times.
• Be accountable for the enforcement of all legislative demands/standards of fire, health, hygiene and safety and these conditions are strictly adhered to.
• Receive goods-in ensuring all legislative requirements, quality specification and shelf life of products is adhered to.
• Ensure effective stock rotation practices are in place to use older products first and reduce wastage.
• Assist management with stock control procedures including stocktaking & ordering. Undertake other duties as required for the role.
• To work closely with and assist other members of the team with other duties of a similar nature or level of responsibility as required.

Joining us as a Cook, the minimum criteria you’ll need is:

• Good standard of education and very good communication skills, ability to work under pressure and apt in multiskilling, have the ability to follow instructions and great attention to detail.
• You will have at least 2 years’ experience in a catering environment
• Previous experience of all types of food preparation
• Knowledge of Food Safety practices and procedures- you’ll have minimum Level 2 qualification in Food Safety.
• Commercial Awareness, and ability to deliver on Key Performance Indicators such as sales, costs and profitability.
• You must be aged 18 years or over (for store legislative requirements)

Applicants should note that based on the response, the company may increase the shortlisting criteria.

As part of this role, it will be important that you feel aligned with the values that we live and work by.

• Ambition – We always strive to be better. We seek new challenges and look for ways to do things better.
• Cust…