Branch Cook

About the role

As a Supermarket Assistant Branch Cook, you'll be working in our back of house of one of our shops in the Partner Dining Room, providing hot and cold food for Partners to enjoy during their break times. When not working in the kitchen, you'll support the wider shop floor team as a Supermarket Assistant, delivering the distinct service and passion for food that our competitors can't match.

Key Responsibilities

• The smooth running of the overall kitchen with support and direction from the management team.
• Maintaining a clean, tidy, and safe kitchen environment.
• Ensuring portion control, preparation, storage methods and due diligence to avoid food wastage and protect profits.
• Adhering to high food hygiene standards.
• Stock replenishment to keep shelves full and products in the right place for customers.
• Fulfilling online customer orders ready for delivery.
• Reducing wastage by following product due diligence and markdowns when items reach sell by dates.
• Supporting the shop team with checkout support, Click & Collect orders and other on demand customer orders.
• Maintaining a safe and tidy working environment with general shopkeeping tasks.

Essential skills / experience

• Experience working as a cook in a catering or hospitality environment.
• Passionate about food and serving a varied and nutritious menu.
• Customer focussed with the ability to engage partners with the food on offer.
• Demonstrated commercial awareness, driving sales within the partner dining room while controlling costs and wastage.
• Flexible and adaptable to work between kitchen and shop floor as required.

Desirable skills / experience

• City & Guilds 706 1 and 706 2 or NVQ equivalent.
• Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2.