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About the Role
Do you enjoy preparing fresh, nutritious meals and want to play an important role in children's wellbeing? At The Kentish Town Day Nursery, we're looking for a reliable and enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to join our friendly team. Your role will be central to ensuring our children enjoy healthy, balanced meals in a safe and welcoming environment. Working behind the scenes, you'll prepare and cook fresh, age-appropriate meals while maintaining the highest standards of food hygiene, safety and cleanliness. Your commitment to quality and care will support children's health, development and happiness every day.
Responsibilities
- Preparing and cooking fresh meals each day while minimising food waste
- Catering for all dietary requirements, allergies and cultural needs
- Maintaining a clean, safe and hygienic kitchen in line with food safety regulations
- Following Red, Amber and Green Plate procedures
- Completing daily hygiene records and cleaning schedules
- Managing stock and food orders within budget
- Ensuring all health, safety and food hygiene standards are consistently met
Requirements
- Experience preparing meals in a domestic or commercial kitchen
- Good understanding of food allergies and dietary requirements
- Knowledge of COSHH regulations
- Experience working within a catering budget
- Fluent spoken and written English
- Experience cooking for young children
- A passion for providing healthy, nutritious meals that children enjoy
- A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts.
- This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
Location
- 37 Ryland Road, Kentish Town, London, NW5 3EH
Work Type
- Permanent
- 20 hours per week
- Monday - Friday | 1:30 - 5:30
Salary/Compensations
- £ 13,218.00 per annum
Benefits
- 75% childcare discount
- 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off
- Employee wellbeing and assistance programme
- Tailored learning and development opportunities
- Refer a Friend bonus scheme
- Supportive and welcoming team environment
- Opportunities to grow within the Family First Group
About the Company
- The Kentish Town Day Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.