Cook

Principle Duties

This is an exciting position, with a huge potential to improve our restaurant facility and the public perception. Working alongside the café team to improve the customer experience of visiting the Beaver Lodge Café, the successful candidate will be able to actively engage in prioritising customer satisfaction whilst delivering high quality food.

Duties

• Prepare and cook fresh food from scratch using fresh produce.
• Provide exceptional standards in all aspects of food service, an attention to detail is vital.
• Ensure all food/ meals are produced on time for the various service requirements.
• Occasionally prepare large quantities of homemade meals.
• Prepare food in accordance with all guidelines and legislations.
• Ensure that the kitchen, equipment and utensils are all properly maintained, cleaned and correctly stored away and / or ready each day, including emptying and cleaning of fryers, ovens and panini machines. Any defects are to be reported promptly to the Head of Food and Beverage or Cafe Manager in their absence.
• Responsible for the presentation of all produced and served foods.
• Preparation and delivery of high quality refreshments for events, lunches and meetings.
• Monitor and organise stock levels at all times and ensure that deliveries are met and are promptly stored away as appropriate.
• Clear away all food stations and undertake daily washing up duties.
• Maintain temperature control standards for all food.
• Participate in all general catering and restaurant duties in our restaurant and hot food kiosks.
• Ensure that all personal and food hygiene procedures are applied at all times.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

The successful applicant will have the confidence to carry out tasks independently, whilst also having the ability to work productively and successfully with a team.

Applicants must have

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a commercial kitchen.
• Level 2 food safety and hygiene certificate.

Other Considerations

• The post is advertised as zero-hour contract. It will require 1 weekend day, occasional bank holiday and evening working.
• No person shall be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, ethic or national origin, religion, colour, age or disability. As an equal opportunities employer, applicants for staff vacancies shall be short listed for interview and appointed purely on the grounds of their suitability for the post as laid out in the advertised job description.
• Wildwood operates a no smoking policy in the park and in its offices.

Employment Package

• Core working hours are 0800 until 17.00 with an unpaid half an hour for lunch. This post is advertised as a zero-hour contract. The job will involve some evening and at least 1 weekend day as part of your normal duties.
• The holiday allowance is pro-rated on the basis of a full-time entitlement of 30 days paid holiday during each holiday year (including any bank holiday entitlements), calculated on a pro rata basis depending on the number of hours worked.
• Appointments are subject to confirmation after a six-month probation period.

Procedure for Applicants

Application is by C.V. and must contain the following information:

• Name, address, contact phone numbers
• Personal Statement
• Employment history
• Educational history

You should include a statement of the relevant skills and experience that you believe you will bring to the job, paying careful attention to the requirements of the job outlined above.

You should give two referees to whom we can turn for a confidential reference, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer. References will only be taken up for those candidates chosen for interview or, with regard to current employer, on offer of contract.

Applications will not normally be acknowledged. If you would like yours to be acknowledged, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Zero hours contract

Salary: £7.49-£10.42 per hour

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Gym membership
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• Commercial Kitchen: 2 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• level 2 food safety and hygiene certificates (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 01/05/2023
Reference ID: cook2023