Nursery Cook - Stepping Stones Nursery

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the MiChild group, our Stepping Stones nursery is looking for a reliable, enthusiastic and organised individual to join our setting as a nursery cook (covering maternity leave), providing fresh, healthy and nutritious meals daily.

Please note the hours for this role are 1pm- 4pm (Monday to Friday).

There will however be a degree of flexibility between Dec 2025
-Sept 2026 that we can provide more hours between the hours of 9am and 1pm. After this time the successful candidate would then work alongside our main cook from sept 2026.

Company benefits:

• Exceptional holiday entitlement package with long service benefits year on year.
• Company incentives such as additional holiday days for 100% attendance
• Exclusive access to a social recognition platform where you could receive vouchers, discounts and cash back on local shopping sites, supermarkets, restaurants, holidays and lots more!!
• Career progression opportunities and a training programme based around you.
• Staff well-being programme including- weekly staff well-being drop in's, staff room where you can unwind during your break, access to free exercise sessions and healthy recipes on our well-being platform.
• Monthly Staff Treats
• Staff meals and refreshments throughout the day
• Staff appreciation and recognition awards (such a 1 years service, 5 years service, 10 year service, employee of the month, staff shout out's etc.)
• Company events (such as annual awards night, NMT awards, Day Nursery Awards etc.)
• Free branded staff uniform
• Fully funded accredited training such as Paediatric First Aid, Level 2 in Safeguarding and many more!!
• Employer contribution to pension scheme

• Managing a small kitchen
• Cooking and preparing all meals from scratch.
• Managing all areas of the kitchen.
• Monitoring stock and wastage
• Complying with hygiene regulations at all times

• The successful candidate must have previous experience within a working kitchen environment
• Demonstrable experience as a skilled Cook ideally in a School or Nursery setting
• hold a Food Hygiene certificate as a minimum
• Excellent culinary skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong teamwork skills are essential
• Working on your own initiatives