Food Service Assistant

Overview

Dollar Clackmannanshire.

Contract:

Full Time, Permanent. Salary: 13.91 per hour.

Hours:

35 per week. A private co-educational day and boarding school in Dollar, Scotland, catering for 550 students and teachers daily. This is a 52 weeks a year operation with some ad hoc hospitality through the year. Free on-site parking is available.

We are looking for a talented Chef De Partie to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Dollar Academy. You will have previous experience of working within a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level. You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients and regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

• To work well in a team of chefs providing catering services to pupils and teachers.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the company’s brand standards.
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

• A genuine interest in food and excellent customer service.
• An all-round team player with innovation and passion for great food.
• An organised Chef with attention to detail.
• Understanding of food cost and wastage basics.

• Ability to demonstrate a reasonable to good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate a reasonable to good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience in customer and/or food preparation environment is preferred.

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms, etc.).
• Free meals on duty.
• Volunteer leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

Thomas Franks is a founder-led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion. We would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.

Disclaimer:
All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role. An enhanced PVG, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure.

Any post in a school is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and any criminal conviction must be declared.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom