Casual Catering Assistant
Description✓Job Title: Casual Catering Assistant
✓Pay Rate: £10.50 per hour plus holiday pay
✓Location: Manor Farm, within River Hamble Country Park
✓We are recruiting a Catering Assistant for the recently refurbished Cafe at Manor Farm
✓This is a fantastic opportunity to work in this modern, light-filled space serving good mood food and the best flat-whites this side of Southampton
✓Think hearty breakfasts and home baked cakes.
✓What are we looking for?
✓Catering Assistant, you will have the ability to cope in a busy environment, work well under pressure, and deal calmly with unexpected situations
✓You will be an enthusiastic team player and demonstrate a passion for hospitality and a willingness to learn
✓You will demonstrate excellent communication skills and impeccable personal presentation.
✓Duties will include welcoming and serving customers, preparing and serving a range of menu items together with other general tasks which include cleaning duties and washing up
✓Catering experience is desirable but full training will be given.
✓Job Purpose:
✓Under the direction of the Catering Manager, help prepare and serve food and drink as appropriate while following strict hygiene and safety rules
✓Complete customer transactions efficiently and carry out general cleaning duties
✓Role Responsibilities:
✓Food preparation and cooking of meals: Help prepare, as directed by the line manager, the required number of food products, following specified menu/special dietary requirements
✓Setting up and clearing away: Ensure the service is organised appropriately and timely and that the area is kept clean and suitable for use.
✓Serving/customer liaison: To serve food and drinks to customers speedily and courteously, dealing effectively and confidently with queries or complaints
✓Accurate handling of cash.
✓Kitchen cleaning rota and general washing up: Manually wash up all eating utensils and equipment, sterilising where required, following set guidelines or use dishwasher where appropriate
✓Complete cleaning duties, following daily and weekly rotas, to ensure health and safety and hygiene standards are maintained.
✓Stock control/receipt of deliveries: Put away deliveries as instructed, ensuring correct stock rotation and quality control guidelines
✓Receive deliveries, when directed by line manager, carrying out quantity, temperature and quality checks.
✓Corporate and statutory initiatives - equalities / health and safety / e-government/ sustainability: Ensure health and safety and hygiene procedures e.g
✓temperature probing and recording.
✓Role Requirements:
✓Essential knowledge skills and experience:
✓Physically able to lift service and kitchen equipment
✓Desirable knowledge skills and experience:
✓Experience of working in a relevant catering environment
✓Working Conditions:
✓The following section provides an outline of the working conditions that may be encountered in this role.
✓Frequent bending and lifting
✓Washing up
✓Industrial height low sinks and slip hazards.
✓Exposure to noise levels during cooking/service [e.g
✓Mechanical extraction]
✓Exposure to heat through ovens/deep fat fryers/hot cupboards.
✓Exposure to chemicals with irritant classification.
✓Exposure to food products which may be irritants [tomatoes, potatoes, onions, garlic, fruits, lettuce]
✓Use of knives
✓Work can be at a fast pace
✓Temperature variants - kitchens can be hot in summer and cold in winter
✓As part of the pre-employment checks that are undertaken for this role, you will be asked to complete a Post Offer Medical Questionnaire
✓The questionnaire is confidential, and is screened by our Occupational Health Department, who will ensure that you are medically fit for this role before being formally offered the position.
✓Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults
✓We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment
✓We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
✓Corporate Equalities Employment Policy: In order to combat indirect discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied to any for achieving equality of opportunity in its employment practices
✓All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs
✓No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, disability, age, ethnic or national origin, marital status, creed, sexuality, trade union activity or responsibility for dependants unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification [GOQ] applies
✓In order to combat indirect discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied to which would have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group.
✓Connect2Hampshire, part of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates Show more →
✓Pay Rate: £10.50 per hour plus holiday pay
✓Location: Manor Farm, within River Hamble Country Park
✓We are recruiting a Catering Assistant for the recently refurbished Cafe at Manor Farm
✓This is a fantastic opportunity to work in this modern, light-filled space serving good mood food and the best flat-whites this side of Southampton
✓Think hearty breakfasts and home baked cakes.
✓What are we looking for?
✓Catering Assistant, you will have the ability to cope in a busy environment, work well under pressure, and deal calmly with unexpected situations
✓You will be an enthusiastic team player and demonstrate a passion for hospitality and a willingness to learn
✓You will demonstrate excellent communication skills and impeccable personal presentation.
✓Duties will include welcoming and serving customers, preparing and serving a range of menu items together with other general tasks which include cleaning duties and washing up
✓Catering experience is desirable but full training will be given.
✓Job Purpose:
✓Under the direction of the Catering Manager, help prepare and serve food and drink as appropriate while following strict hygiene and safety rules
✓Complete customer transactions efficiently and carry out general cleaning duties
✓Role Responsibilities:
✓Food preparation and cooking of meals: Help prepare, as directed by the line manager, the required number of food products, following specified menu/special dietary requirements
✓Setting up and clearing away: Ensure the service is organised appropriately and timely and that the area is kept clean and suitable for use.
✓Serving/customer liaison: To serve food and drinks to customers speedily and courteously, dealing effectively and confidently with queries or complaints
✓Accurate handling of cash.
✓Kitchen cleaning rota and general washing up: Manually wash up all eating utensils and equipment, sterilising where required, following set guidelines or use dishwasher where appropriate
✓Complete cleaning duties, following daily and weekly rotas, to ensure health and safety and hygiene standards are maintained.
✓Stock control/receipt of deliveries: Put away deliveries as instructed, ensuring correct stock rotation and quality control guidelines
✓Receive deliveries, when directed by line manager, carrying out quantity, temperature and quality checks.
✓Corporate and statutory initiatives - equalities / health and safety / e-government/ sustainability: Ensure health and safety and hygiene procedures e.g
✓temperature probing and recording.
✓Role Requirements:
✓Essential knowledge skills and experience:
✓Physically able to lift service and kitchen equipment
✓Desirable knowledge skills and experience:
✓Experience of working in a relevant catering environment
✓Working Conditions:
✓The following section provides an outline of the working conditions that may be encountered in this role.
✓Frequent bending and lifting
✓Washing up
✓Industrial height low sinks and slip hazards.
✓Exposure to noise levels during cooking/service [e.g
✓Mechanical extraction]
✓Exposure to heat through ovens/deep fat fryers/hot cupboards.
✓Exposure to chemicals with irritant classification.
✓Exposure to food products which may be irritants [tomatoes, potatoes, onions, garlic, fruits, lettuce]
✓Use of knives
✓Work can be at a fast pace
✓Temperature variants - kitchens can be hot in summer and cold in winter
✓As part of the pre-employment checks that are undertaken for this role, you will be asked to complete a Post Offer Medical Questionnaire
✓The questionnaire is confidential, and is screened by our Occupational Health Department, who will ensure that you are medically fit for this role before being formally offered the position.
✓Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults
✓We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment
✓We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
✓Corporate Equalities Employment Policy: In order to combat indirect discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied to any for achieving equality of opportunity in its employment practices
✓All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs
✓No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, disability, age, ethnic or national origin, marital status, creed, sexuality, trade union activity or responsibility for dependants unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification [GOQ] applies
✓In order to combat indirect discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied to which would have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group.
✓Connect2Hampshire, part of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates Show more →
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