WEEKEND KITCHEN ASSISTANT

We’re recruiting for a weekend kitchen assistant to assist our chef in delivering nutritious meals to all residents on a daily basis that meet their clinical, social, cultural and spiritual needs. The kitchen assistant will be responsible for maintaining a clean, safe and organised kitchen environment and carry out instructions given by the Chef and Home Manager.

Working hours are weekends 8.30am – 3pm.

Key responsibilities

• To ensure that the kitchen and related areas are maintained in a clean and safe condition at all times, observing and maintaining food hygiene standards.
• To ensure that all kitchen equipment and kitchen areas are cleaned according to the cleaning schedule
• To ensure that statutory and company health and safety regulations are adhered to.
• To ensure that correct safe storage of cleaning materials.
• To ensure that all pots, pans, cooking utensils, and other service containers are cleaned to the required standards and correctly stored after cleaning.
• Carry out any other instructions given by the Chef and Home manager.

Job summary 

• To collect breakfast trays after residents have finished and return these to the kitchen to be washed up.
• Morning coffee to be served from 10.30am
• Daily menu choices to be taken and cups collected
• Lunches to be served to residents in their rooms
• Trays to be collected and washed up