Nursery Cook

Nursery Cook

Location:Exeter

Salary:up to £27,135.22 per annum (pro rata)

Contract/

Hours:

Permanent/Part Time – 25 hours per week

Closing date:Midnight on the 19th of August 2026

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leaveplusbank holidays
• Professional qualifications and excellent training
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Up to 5% employer contributionandlife assurance cover
• Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at15,000 national retailers

We re thrilled that you re considering a career with Spring. Spare us five minutes, and we will tell you what you need to know.

Are you passionate about preparing nutritious, delicious meals that help children thrive? We re looking for a caring organised nursery cook to join our team at Spring Cedars.

In this role, you ll plan and prepare healthy, balanced meals and snacks for children aged 0 to 5, ensuring all dietary, allergy and nutritional requirements are met. You ll be responsible for maintaining high standards of food hygiene, safety and cleanliness in the kitchen while managing stock, ordering supplies and working within budget.

We re looking for someone with previous experience working in a busy commercial kitchen or catering environment, confident preparing meals for larger numbers and can work efficiently while maintaining exceptional food hygiene standards.

You ll work closely with the nursery team to create positive mealtime experiences that encourage children to develop healthy eating habits from an early age. If you take pride in providing great food and want to make a real difference to children s well-being every day we d love to hear from you.

Spring Cedars Is a friendly and welcoming nursery in Exeter, providing high quality care and early education for children from birth to five years. As part of spring by Action for Children, we re passionate about creating a safe nurturing environment where children can learn grow and thrive

Imagine a place where laughter echoes, imaginations run wild, and every day is new adventure. At Spring Nurseries, where more than a collection of settings, we are a family, dedicated to nurturing children to thrive and supporting staff through a clear career pathway.

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we d love to hear from you.

We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life.

Good luck! We can t wait to hear from you.

Shannon Neander at recruitmentserv quoting reference 13504

At Spring we re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.

Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.

We arecommittedto safer recruitment practices to protectourservice users; therefore, all applicants are expected tohave an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

If you re excited about this role but your experience doesn t align perfectly with the job description, we d love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for thisrole.

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