Overview
Organisation: The National Trust for Scotland
This is an exciting and varied role in the Food & Beverage team at Brodie Castle. Based in our Castle Café or Playful Café you’ll prepare food for a high-quality, sit-in café and grab-and-go takeaway menu, helping to generate the income that enables our charity to care for Brodie Castle and Estate.
You will ensure that visitors from across the globe have an enjoyable experience here through excellent service standards and menu availability. You will be responsible for the daily operation of the kitchen, and achieving targets through efficient, safe food production practices.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver a high-quality food offer for our high and low season, relevant to our Brodie customers (visitors, events and functions) and Visit Scotland’s Taste our Best principles.
* Contribute to menu development, making creative, practical and cost-effective choices for food production and presentation.
* Ensure high standards of kitchen hygiene, cleanliness and tidiness, keeping up-to-date compliance documentation (HACCP, COSHH checklists and temperature sheets).
* Work alongside the management team to ensure all food and non-food items are ordered, and stock is controlled to the highest standard
* Ensure food production adheres to allergen guidelines, in particular Natasha’s Law, and support the implementation of upcoming laws, eg. displaying nutritional value & calorie counts.
* Minimise wastage and identify potential savings to achieve targets for cost of sales, gross profit and environmental sustainability.
* Ensure the upkeep and safety of equipment and utensils used within the catering outlets.
* Share in the common responsibility of implementing the Trust’s “Health & Safety Policy”, being mindful at all times of the health and safety of self, staff, volunteers, and visitors.
Performance indicators and targets
* Weekly, monthly and annual sales and cost of sales targets
* Food compliance standards and record-keeping
* Visitor enjoyment reviews and ratings from visitor surveys and visitor feedback
* Staff satisfaction from staff surveys
Tools / equipment / systems
* Fully equipped commercial catering kitchen.
* Access to computer with training and stock ordering systems.
* EPOS tills and chip and pin machines.
Qualifications, Skills, Experience & Knowledge
* Experience and passion as a cook in preparing and producing food to a consistently high standard using fresh products and ingredients.
* Highly developed organisational skills, deployable in a multi-tasking environment.
* Excellent communication and influencing skills (spoken and written)
* Ability to work as part of a busy team, fostering a positive and motivated team atmosphere.
* Recognised formal qualification in the culinary arts, desirable.
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