Nursery Cook

Remarkable future starts here

Nursery: Children 1st Leicester Nursery School by Storal

Address: Tarragon Road, Leicester LE2 7ET Hours: Full time 8am till 5pm 40 hours a week Salary: Up to £13.25 ph dependent on qualifications and experience

Hello, I'm Angela, the Nursery Manager at Leicester.

I am proud to lead a passionate and dedicated team who feel privileged to be part of our children's early years. We provide a nurturing and inclusive environment where every child can thrive.

Our well resourced, open plan setting encourages children to engage in enriching activities that promote independence, communication, and early numeracy skills. Beyond the classroom, our outdoor play area extends learning opportunities, inspiring discovery, creativity, and a lifelong love of nature.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Nursery team at an award winning Nursery group, contributing to the high quality caring environment we pride ourselves on providing for the children in our Nurseries. We are recruiting for an experienced and talented cook to join our Nursery team. You will be responsible for planning the menus and cooking for 80 children's meals at our Leicester Nursery School, working alongside another Cook and Kitchen Assistants.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the kitchen
• Cooking and preparing all meals from scratch with fresh local food
• Managing all areas of the kitchen, including ordering
• Monitoring stock and wastage
• Ensure all meals that leave the kitchen are presented to a high standard
• Complying to hygiene regulations at all times

The Candidate

• Previous experience within a busy kitchen environment
• Demonstrable experience as a skilled Cook ideally in a School or Nursery setting
• Minimum NVQ level 1 or 2 in Catering or equivalent
• Excellent culinary skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong teamwork skills are essential
• Conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times with excellent customer service skills
• Working on your own initiative
• All applicants must undertake or possess an enhanced DBS check as it is mandatory.

Benefits for You

For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with PayCaptain.

Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave.

Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets.

Development - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund.

Our community - Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards.