Support Chef - Catering Assistant

An opportunity has become available to join the Olive Team providing mobile support and cover within the Teesside to Leeds area, ideally placed around York, Thirsk, and Harrogate.

Hours of work: Monday to Friday 7am to 3pm, some weekend or evening work is required.

Hourly rate of pay: £16.00 plus travelling expenses, 55p for the first 10,000 miles then 25p thereafter.

This role involves travelling to various locations, so a valid driving licence and insured vehicle is essential.

Benefits:

• Holidays: 28 days including bank holidays increasing up to 33 days (pro-rata for part-time)
• Enhanced Sick Pay: Up to 4 weeks full pay
• Free Meals: All Team Members receive a free meal and refreshments on duty
• Wellbeing Support: Free access to confidential personal support, which includes counselling and financial or legal advice through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Lifestyle benefits: Access to our cycle to work scheme, workplace pension scheme and Hospitality rewards.
• Training and Development: All Team Members have access to our online training platform, along with our in-house practical skills training, and access to a range of different apprenticeships.

What you'll be doing as a Chef service assistant:

• To ensure the provision of food and beverages to the highest standard within the financial limitations set for your contract.
• To comply with all Company policies and regulations in respect of health, safety and environmental management at work and to ensure the highest standards of kitchen practice and hygiene.
• Maintain the smooth running of the contract at all times.
• Control menu planning, production levels, food costing, ordering and stock control, as appropriate.

Our ideal Chef service assistant should:

• Have experience in food preparation, making sandwiches etc.
• Be able to serve on the counter.
• Ensure kitchen, service and restaurant areas are kept clean, tidy and safe.
• Be passionate about providing fantastic food and be able to work effectively within a team.
• Possess excellent culinary skills, as well as being aware of current food trends to help ensure that our food offer is innovative and imaginative.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as being financially astute and numerically able, to ensure you achieve budgetary targets.
• Be passionate about providing excellent food and customer service with first-class skills in these areas.
• Have the ability to drive our business forward with exacting standards and an attention to detail.
• Demonstrate passion and flair, taking our hospitality offer to the next level.
• Be computer literate and comfortable with Word and Excel.
• Possess Team leadership qualities and knowledge of Health & Safety requirements.
• City & Guilds 706/1, 706/2 or similar NVQ qualifications are required; Food Safety Level 3 is desirable.

Who we are: Olive Catering provides workplace dining solutions with a particular focus on fresh food. We recognise the key ingredient to running a successful service company is to recruit and retain the finest team.

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, please apply now. Due to the volume of applicants, if you haven't heard from us within 14 days then unfortunately you have not been successful at this time, we welcome any future applications.