Kitchen Cook / Kitchen Assistant - Preston

Kitchen Cook / Kitchen Assistant - The Oak Preston (The Old San Lorenzo)​

Full-time | Up to £8.00 /hour depending on experience

Job Description:

As a kitchen Cook or kitchen assistant – you are effectively the engine room of the kitchen. Your job is to ensure that the kitchen is clean and operational. In this kitchens, you also be involved in preparing ingredients, so it's a great stepping stone to becoming a chef.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensuring the food preparation areas are clean and hygienic
• Washing utensils and dishes and making sure they are stored appropriately
• Sorting, storing and distributing ingredients
• Washing, peeling, chopping, cutting and cooking foodstuffs and helping to prepare salads and desserts
• Cleaning the food preparation equipment, floors and other kitchen tools or areas
• Managing Kitchen staff or helping Main cook in maintaining with the strict menu. 

What sort of hours will I work?

It's split shifts, including some evenings and weekends, just like the rest of the brigade. Most jobs specify a 40 hour week, but you need to be prepared to work longer if necessary. That said, a lot of kitchen attendant jobs are part time.

What's the best bit about being a kitchen attendant?

You've got your foot on the first rung of the ladder to becoming a great chef.

What skills do I need?

• Understanding the importance of health and hygiene
• Plenty of stamina
• A great team player
• The ability to listen and learn – fast

What qualifications do I need?

This is the great bit – you don’t usually need any. If you’ve got a desire to learn to cook, common sense and commitment, you could go far. If you have health and hygiene that would be a plus. 

Come and join us in the Bran new The Oak,

This role is a dream for those of you who want to work as a chef, but haven’t been to catering college or obtained any qualifications.

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