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Part-time chef 16 hours per week required for community café which is open Friday's and Saturday's for lunch. Producing fresh soups, cakes, quiches and pies from scratch.
Working in a friendly environment producing top quality products with the help of our members. We are looking for a confident chef who can lead a small team of trainee cooks and front of house volunteers in a community environment.
This is a fun and highly rewarding position working with our members and volunteers, some of whom are young people keen to start a career in the hospitality industry. Therefore you will be required to supervise and train people 14 years and up.
Job responsibilities include:
- Overseeing the management of the kitchen and café.
- Producing lunch items and cakes from scratch.
- Ensuring volunteers are trained to keep all tables clean and the café tidy and welcoming.
- Providing top quality food and drinks with maximum profitability and create a changing seasonal menu with costings in partnership with the business manager.
- Stock rotation, labelling and dating of all food and drink products. Completing all health and hygiene records, following all risk assessments and health and safety procedures.
- Mentoring our members who are keen to learn on the job. Supervising them in the production of and service of the food.
- A PVG check will be carried out for successful candidates of this position.
- Ensuring the profitability of the café
- Personal Specification
Skills and experience:
- Experience in working in a professional kitchen environment.
- A flare for creative cooking with culinary skills.
- Coaching skills to train and mentor members who volunteer in the café.
- Elementary food hygiene certificate.
- Product display creation skills and cleanliness to maintain a presentable café image.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Barista skills a bonus although training can be given.
- Customer service skills
Personal attributes
- Friendly and patient with members working within a community setting.
- Flair for food creation and a finger on the pulse of current trends.
- Good team player, confident, positive and friendly outlook.
- Highly motivated and committed to succeed.
- Good communicator.
- Able to self-manage.
