Cook £13.37 per hour & great benefits. Full-time position available at 42.5 hours per week, working within Monday to Sunday, 5:00am to 9:00pm, with a degree of flexibility required. Kilkeel, Greencastle Street A look into the role Our Greencastle Street store in Kilkeel will be a hub of activity, offering convenience, value and excellent customer service to our local community and visitors. The store will have an impressive range of grocery, fresh and frozen produce and includes an amazing deli and specialist butcher. The anticipated store relaunch will be in Spring 2025. We're looking for a special candidate who will lead our hard-working and friendly team, making it all happen - assisting the chef in the safe and hygienic preparation and production of high quality meals sold in our store and maintaining great hygiene standards by keeping the prep and service areas clean. You'll be supported by a team of brilliant people, and there are fantastic career development and progression opportunities.. As Cook you will: * Set up workstations with all needed ingredients and cooking equipment. * Check quality of ingredients and report any concerns to the Chef. * Prepare ingredients to use in cooking (peeling and chopping vegetables and cutting meat etc as required). * Follow recipes and methods in a very strict manner to ensure the highest possible quality and consistency of food production. * Portion, arrange and garnish food to the required specification. * Cook food as required using various utensils and kitchen appliances. * Exercise and enforce constant watch over Health & Safety, Security, Discipline and Due Diligence. * Carry out food safety control checks in all areas to ensure all standards are being maintained and recorded. * Prepare and cook all food in line with company procedure and Health and Safety regulations. * Ensure a high standard of cleanliness in the Kitchen area is maintained at all times. * Be accountable for the enforcement of all legislative demands/standards of fire, health, hygiene and safety and these conditions are strictly adhered to. * Receive goods-in ensuring all legislative requirements, quality specification and shelf life of products is adhered to. * Ensure effective stock rotation practices are in place to use older products first and reduce wastage. * Assist the Chef with stock control procedures including stocktaking & ordering. Undertake other duties as required for the role. * To work closely with and assist other members of the team with other duties of a similar nature or level of responsibility as required. Skills for Success Joining us as a Cook, the minimum criteria you'll need is: * Good standard of education and very good communication skills, ability to work under pressure and apt in multiskilling, have the ability to follow instructions and great attention to detail. * You will have at least 2 years' experience in a catering environment * Previous experience of all types of food preparation * Knowledge of Food Safety practices and procedures- you'll have minimum Level 2 qualification in Food Safety. * Commercial Awareness, and ability to deliver on Key Performance Indicators such as sales, costs and profitability. * You must be aged 18 years or over (for store legislative requirements) Skills: organisatiional skills catering experience stock control experience