London
Contract
09-01-2025
09-03-2027
RQ1426972
£neg
The post holder will assist the cook in day-to-day kitchen tasks. This includes the preparation, cooking, and serving of children’s
meals that are nutritionally balanced and take account of all ethnic, religious, and dietary needs and to provide additional catering
as required. To deliver drinks, meals, and snacks across the nursery. To ensure that standards and working practices conform to
Health & Safety legislation in this area of work identifying and reporting any defects in equipment. To ensure that hygiene standards
and safe practices are always maintained, including cleaning fridges freezers and cookers, washing large pots, cleaning work
surfaces. To wash crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils either by hand or in a dishwasher and clean kitchen appliances.
There is no responsibility for budget management, but the post holding will need to prepare information to support the Cook in
monitoring the stock so that there is sufficient to cover the number of meals required, while ensuring there is minimal waste, and that
food is consumed within sell by dates. Attending meetings with nursery managers to discuss menus and allow time to plan meals on
a weekly basis and to input into team meetings and undertake training as and when required. To have day to day contact with families
and staff of the establishment, being sensitive to their needs and reporting any concerns to managers.
About you
• Food Hygiene certificate, level 2 qualification, and a satisfactory enhanced DBS
• Experience of working in a kitchen environment.
• Knowledge of food hygiene.
• Knowledge of basic health & safety requirements.
• Knowledge & ability to prepare, cook and serve meals within the nursery.
• Knowledge ability to maintain a clean, healthy, and organised environment.
• Knowledge of stock control.
• Knowledge and ability to wash crockery, cutlery, and cooking utensils.
• Ability to work with physical effort with some periods of substantial effort.
• The post holder must be able to provide cover for the Cook in the event of any absence.
Work Environment:
The kitchen is a busy environment to work in. It can be noisy and hot. It can involve exposure to hazardous cleaning materials
throughout the working day. There is a need to be physically fit to carry out duties of the post (e.g. standing up throughout the
working day, bending and carrying heavy pots and trays. Further flexibility is required to address ad hoc needs across the nursery
and any of the other Camden maintained nurseries as required