Christmas Casual Location: Sittingbourne, Kent Hours: Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm Contract length: Casual contract approximately starting 26-06-26 until 04-12-26 Salary: £14.00 per hour Join a Friendly and Supportive Kitchen Team This Christmas Season! Are you looking for a hands-on role in a welcoming food production environment? We are recruiting Casual Kitchen Prep Assistants to help prepare premium Christmas products, including centrepieces, turkeys, ducks, and geese, for one of the busiest and most exciting times of the year. Based at Sittingbourne Business Park, Cook Kitchen is located just a 10-minute walk from Sittingbourne train station, making it easily accessible for those travelling by public transport. The Role As a Kitchen Prep Assistant, you'll play a vital role in preparing products to the highest standards. Duties include: Carefully cutting, weighing, and measuring ingredients following clear instructions. Preparing meat, poultry, and seafood by cutting and processing ready for cooking. Preparing Christmas centrepieces, turkeys, ducks, and geese. Chopping using kitchen knives safely and confidently. Maintaining cleanliness throughout the kitchen, including workstations, equipment, utensils, and dishes. Following food safety, hygiene, and health & safety procedures at all times. Supporting the wider kitchen team with a variety of preparation tasks. What We are Looking For Comfortable handling and working with raw meat products. Good attention to detail and ability to follow instructions accurately. Confident using kitchen knives and food preparation equipment. Reliable, punctual, and able to work as part of a team. Previous kitchen, catering, food production, or food manufacturing experience is beneficial but not essential. Training & Induction You will be required to attend following: Friday 26th of June, Induction. Approximately 3-4 hours (fully paid). Monday 29th June - Health & Safety in Food manufacturing and Food Hygiene standards. Tuesday 30th June - Technical role training Food manufacturing processes. Wednesday 1st July – start date. Following successful completion of training, you will continue working regular shifts as part of our production team. If you are looking for a well-paid, weekday role with a friendly team and the opportunity to gain valuable food production experience, we wouldd love to hear from you. If you tick most of these boxes but not all, do not stress. We are all about potential. Excellent Benefits including Free cooked from fresh lunch for all employees. Free car park. Paid leave on your birthday, moving house, become grandparent or your child starts school for the first time. Staff profit share. Wellbeing program. 30% staff discount. Access to CookieJar Smart Spending discounts and free food perks. Team meals, events & away days. Be part of a B-Corp-certified business that values sustainability, people, and the community. And many more. What Cook is About We are a proudly independent, family-owned B Corp, which basically means we care a lot about our food. About our people. And about doing the right thing, even when it is not the easy thing. Our vision for COOK has always been that we are a place where EVERYONE is welcome. We want everyone to feel like they belong at COOK. We all have different roles, different abilities and different personalities. By collaborating we can do remarkable things. Whatever your story, if you would like to grow with COOK please apply. Apply Today!