Posted 1 month ago

Cook

Wantage, Oxfordshire, United KingdomRemotePart-time

AI Summary

A part-time cook prepares and serves fresh, healthy deli-style lunches for 40–60 employees, manages budgets and stock ordering, ensures food safety and compliance, and contributes to menu innovation in a rural Oxfordshire setting.

About this role

Position Summary

To provide innovative quality catering for 40 to 60 employees whilst sustaining high standards and maintaining budget controls.

Principal Duties:

To cook and provide food for staff, focusing on a variety of fresh, healthy, and balanced deli-style lunch options, including wraps, sandwiches, salads, soups, paninis, cakes and sweet treats.
Accountable for innovative menu planning and design of food service within your own specified budget, ensuring high standard of food presentation and portion/quality control.
Cater to individual needs e.g. allergies.
Accountable for COSHH, food safety, health and safety, legal regulations, environment policies and duty of care to customers and colleagues.
Maintaining, ordering and controlling food stocks within your budget.

Knowledge & Skill Requirements

Must be able to cook well unsupervised and come up with new and varied food options.
Actively seen to improve ways of working and offer suggestions.
Must be comfortable ordering the shopping and keeping to a designated budget, cleanliness and excellent food hygiene is essential.
Committed to achieving results through a “can do” attitude.
Needs to be a fun lively character who is able to effectively communicate with other colleagues.

Working Conditions

Must have a clean driving license and own car due to rural location.

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