Catering Assistant

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Salary Competitive
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Location 2-4 Dewar Close, Segensworth West, Fareham
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Contract Type Permanent
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Hours 37.5
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Closing Date
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Business Unit Booker Distribution
50.8724, -1.25682
2-4 Dewar Close, Segensworth West, Fareham
PO15 5UB
About the role
Join Our Culinary Team as a Kitchen Assistant!
Are you passionate about food and love working in a fast-paced, friendly environment? We're looking for enthusiastic Kitchen Assistants to help us deliver delicious meals and outstanding service to our colleagues and visitors.
What We’re Looking For:
- Cooking Experience – A solid foundation in preparing and cooking food is essential.
- Allergen Awareness – Experience handling food safely with knowledge of allergens.
- Food Handling Expertise – You understand the importance of hygiene and safety in the kitchen.
- Customer-Focused Attitude – Friendly, outgoing, and always ready to help, you thrive in a team setting.
- Team Player with Pride in Presentation – You take pride in your work and maintain high standards in both food and appearance.
Your Role Will Include:
- Preparing, cooking, and serving a variety of meals.
- Keeping the kitchen clean and organized.
- Restocking and maintaining vending machines.
The days and times for this Role are Sunday - Thursday between 7am-8pm
If you’re ready to bring your energy and culinary skills to a supportive team, we’d love to hear from you!
Main Responsibilities
- Ordering of Stock for food preparation and vending machines
- Supporting stock management and stock control
- Code checking and checking quality of stock
- Preparation of food in accordance with food hygiene regulations
- Vending machine replenishment and management (price changes, cleaning and cash collection
- Assisting in maintaining housekeeping in the kitchen facilities, dining area and Kitchen counters
- Adhere to food hygiene/HACCP/Allegen/COSHH Guidelines at all times
- Maintaining due diligence on temperature controls and code dates
You will need
- Cooking experience is essential
- Allergen Experience
- Food handling Experience
- An excellent attitude towards customer service with a friendly outgoing personality and be used to working within a team environment.
- A high standard of presentation and the ability to work within a team producing and serving a varied menu to colleagues and visitors on site
- The ideal candidate will be required to prepare, cook and serve food along with cleaning duties and stock vending machines.
What's in it for you
At Booker, along with being a great place to work and giving you an opportunity to get on in your career, we also offer the following fantastic package of benefits:
- A Booker colleague card with 10% off purchases at Booker and double discount events up to three times a year.
- After 3 months service, a Tesco colleague discount card with 10% increasing to 15% off most purchases at Tesco for a 4 day period after every four-weekly pay day, ie. thirteen times a year. In addition to 10% off at Tesco Cafe and 20% off all F&F purchases.
- 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile for yourself, along with further great deals through-out the year.
- Up to 30% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. Terms and conditions apply.
- Free eye test when you spend £50 or more. You can also save 30% when you spend £50 or more on glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
- 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
- Exclusive access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates
- An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including a cycle to work scheme.
- After 3 months service, you can join our annual Save As You Earn share scheme which allows you to buy Tesco shares in the future at a discount.
- Retirement savings plan (pension) - save up to 5% and Booker will match your contribution.
- Life Assurance - You are covered for death in service life cover of up to three times annual pay
- Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family.
- A great holiday package