Flexi Chef

Flexi Chef

Department: Nursery Flexi

Employment Type: Flexible

Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Compensation: £15.94 - £20.63 / hour

Description

We're more than just a nursery group. We're the UK's most innovative early-years education provider.

At N Family Club, we dreamed of reimagining early years education. Becoming a place that fosters creativity, embraces a curriculum led approach, and prepares children for the modern world. We're proudly making our dream a reality - and we want you to be a part of it!

The Flexi chef at N Family Club will be a qualified and experienced individual, responsible for the production of all food on the premises - cooking breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for our children, as well as a delicious lunch and daily smoothie for our hard working nursery team. A creative cook passionate about celebrating diversity and introducing children to a wide range of foods, you will be extremely knowledgeable in childhood nutrition and catering for differing allergies and dietary requirements. This will allow you to make your mark and help N realise our vision of being the highest quality and most loved, early years education group in the UK.

To be successful in this role, you will; Go Beyond, Be Outstandingly Outstanding and Play as a Team.

Key responsibilities and tasks

• Cook fresh and inspiring food for our children, with occasional weekends;
• Follow our nutritionist designed recipes and menu to ensure that each child receives the best possible level of vitamins and nutrients;
• Cater to the differing dietary needs of different age groups, following food preparation and choking guidelines;
• Know the allergies and dietary requirements of your children inside out, ensuring you adhere to all policies and procedures to ensure there is no risk of cross contamination and that each individual child's nutritional needs are met;
• Preparation of a daily lunch and smoothie for our nursery team, catering to different dietary needs;
• Overall responsibility for the timely completion of all kitchen paperwork and compliance related tasks, including a daily Due Diligence Diary and our kitchen Cleaning Schedule;
• Responsible for washing up, the ordering of food supplies from our accredited supplier, managing weekly ordering and efficient stock rotation;
• Maintenance and upkeep of the kitchen to a 5 star Food Hygiene rating standard, adhering to all Environment Health industry regulations and requirements;
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with our nursery parents;
• Participate in our nursery Apprentice Chef scheme by mentoring, coaching and guiding our next generation of nursery chefs as and when required;
• Responsible for always adhering to the company's H&S policy: "Statement of Intent