We have an opportunity to join our award-winning Facilities Management catering team where you will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. We are a ‘fresh food’ organisation encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals. We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children encouraging them to eat well and fuelling their appetite for learning. We are currently recruiting a Relief Mobile Cook to join our team at various schools across the Thirsk/Easingwold/Northallerton area, catering for a varied number of meals per day depending on the schools’ requirements. As a Travelling Cook your role will require you to lead and support the team to deliver an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. Your role will require you to prepare, cook and serve meals to students and staff, setting up and the clearing away the dining hall, washing up as well as other kitchen management duties such as supervision of staff, ordering food, stock taking and administration. Your role will require you to travel significantly within the county as directed by the area management team. Full driving license and use of a personal vehicle is required with business use insurance and a mileage allowance of 0.45p per mile will be paid. As a valued member of our hardworking team, you will be reliable, dependable and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes, typically working Various hrs per week, as the business needs. No weekend work! You will work term time only. For this you will be paid £13.47 per hour. What can we offer you? You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought: Competitive rate of pay Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days per year plus Bank Holidays Access to a range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme. Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits. More information If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Elaine clemit (Area Manager) on 07816251202 or email at elaine.clemit@northyorks.gov.uk Please note we will be interviewing whilst the role is live and reserve the right to close the advert should suitable candidates be appointed. Key dates: Closing date: 04 May 2026