Company Description
Food Service Assistant – Term Time Only
Location: Private Prep School
Hours: 30 hours per week (08:30 – 14:30, Monday to Friday)
Contract: Term Time Only (approx. 36 weeks per year)
We are looking for a friendly and reliable Food Service Assistant to join our catering team at a well-regarded private prep school with 550 pupils and 75 staff.
Job Description
About the Role:
You’ll be part of a supportive and welcoming team, helping to deliver high-quality food service in a busy school environment. Your duties will include:
* Assisting with basic food preparation
* Serving meals to pupils and staff
* Maintaining cleanliness in the kitchen and dining areas
What We Offer:
* A lovely working environment in a vibrant school community
* A great team atmosphere with opportunities to progress
* Full training provided
* Term-time only hours, ideal for work-life balance
If you’re enthusiastic, enjoy working as part of a team, and take pride in delivering great service, we’d love to hear from you!
Qualifications
* Ideally have experience working within Education catering
* Have good Health & Safety knowledge.
* Flexible with a can-do attitude, customer focused.
* Fun and enthusiastic
* Have excellent organization skills.
* Demonstrate great attention to detail.
* Be a team player and enjoy succeeding as a team.
* Possess great customer service skills.
* Have a flexible approach to work.
Additional Information
Holroyd Howe is one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.
To provide our teams with the right skills to succeed in their jobs, we invest in their training and development. Our exceptional teams of seasoned specialists customise our catering services to fit children of all ages and satisfy the unique needs of our clients.
We pride ourselves on:
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the heart of our thinking; always mindful of the ethics of our sourcing and how we prepare our meals.
Nutrition
We take nutrition seriously and understand the impact a healthy diet has on the fundamental years of development. Meals are always freshly prepared from scratch and packed with nutritious ingredients.
Food Innovation
We offer a wide portfolio of training opportunities and experiences, which attracts chefs who are passionate about culinary excellence and menu innovation to our team.
From tasting tables, theme days and food theatre, to chef demonstrations and supplier showcases, we create engaging and fun dining experiences for our students. We work together to make mealtimes exploratory, quirky, and fun for our pupils, helping them build strong and healthy relationships with food.
Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe involve regulated activity. It is a criminal offence for individuals barred from working with children to apply for such roles. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, including a Barred List check will be required for all successful applicants. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to provide information about relevant criminal offences and will be subject to an online search of publicly available information. This search helps identify any issues that may affect suitability to work with children.
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