Cook – Portsmouth

Tops Days Nursery in Portsmouth is seeking a Cook to join our team, working on a full-time capacity. This is a fun, exciting nursery situated just outside of the city centre.
Employees benefit from being less than 10 minutes away from Cosham High Street and a stone’s throw away from the picturesque Lakeside Harbour. There are also convenient transport links very close to the nursery for both trains and buses!
The 99 place nursery is located within the grounds of the Queen Alexandra Hospital. With such convenient transport links, we are able to provide exciting opportunities for children to explore the local parks and playgrounds! The nursery run a number of extra-curricular activities including Tops Forest School, cooking school, Boogie Mites, yoga, meditation and much more!
If you want to play a pivotal role in educating the next generation in an award winning, sustainable day nursery… join our family today!
Benefits:

• Health & Wellbeing. We know that sometimes life can be a bit tricky, or you might need a little guidance and support. We offer Counselling session, Yoga Therapy, Mental Health First Aider on call, private medical scheme and so much more!
• Childcare Discounts. It is not always easy to cover the costs of childcare, so we are really pleased to offer you a generous up to 60% discount within Tops Day Nurseries to support your family’s needs.
• Birthdays Off. Sure, Birthdays with colleagues can be fun but we give you the day off to celebrate, YOU! Plus, the longer you collaborate with Tops Day Nurseries, the more your holiday entitlement grows.

…. AND MUCH MORE!
To have access to our full list of benefits click here.
Duties:

• Ensure the hygiene and conditions of the food preparation, from ordering, to clearing and meet the standards as required by the law.
• Ensure the kitchen is clean and tidy (cupboards kept clean, fridge/freezer defrosted regularly, oven cleaned regularly).
• Involve yourself as a leading team member of food hygiene team, to ensure that all aspects of food hygiene law adhered to.
• Provide meals that children enjoy
• Ensuring food is purchased in good time and within budget.
• Ensuring any celebrations/dietary needs etc. to be taken into account when costing.
• Ensuring meals are tailored to the dietary and cultural needs of those requiring them. The meal should be balanced and nutritious, avoiding colourings, preservatives and flavourings if possible.
• To be committed to the safeguarding of all children in the nursery

Minimum requirement:

• Ideally have a basic food hygiene qualification at level 2 or above
• Have experience in a similar position of cooking for a large number of people in mass
• Have a passion for cooking
• Experience in cooking for people with dietary and cultural conditions
• Be IT literate and have intermediate skills with Microsoft Office programmes due to ordering and budgeting of food for the nursery
• Need a clear and valid DBS – oversee applicants will need a clear and valid certificate of good conduct

All successful candidate will be subject to safety checks, including a full-completed Application Form and a DBS Checks.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues and applications. Individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

• 29 days annual holiday entitlement (pro rata)
• Annual pay review
• Companywide profit bonus scheme, annually rewarded each May.
• Staff Welfare scheme
• Company pension
• Up to 60% discount for Childcare within Tops Day Nurseries
• Great career progression
• Regular supervisions
• Continuous in-house and external training opportunities
• A flexible option to work 4 days week
• Uniform Provided
• An eco-friendly company with BCorp accreditation

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £11.00 per hour