Job Purpose

To purchase prepare, cook and serve meals, ensuring that all meals are balanced and take account of all ethnic, religious and dietary needs of clients and staff. To provide additional catering when required.

Main Duties and Responsibilities Nursery Cook

• To act as key holder, unlocking the nursery in the morning. Switching on all necessary equipment (water boiler, grill light oven, hot plate.) Dealing appropriately when issues arise
• Preparing for, cooking lunch and preparing sacks within the centre taking account of dietary, cultural and religious needs. Responsibility for clearing away after meals.
• Ordering produce, ensuring that there is sufficient to cover the number of meals
• required, but to ensure there is minimal waste. (Ensuring that food is consumed within sell by dates.)
• Ensure that hygiene standards and safe practices are maintained at all times, including cleaning fridges freezers and cookers; washing large pots, cleaning work surfaces, ensuring that instructions for freezing food are followed; washing floors, shelves, walls, work surfaces
• To account for any monies spent as required and monitor budgets.
• Attending meetings with centre managers to discuss menus and allow time to plan meals on a weekly basis and to input into team meetings and undertake training as and when required.
• To ensure that standards and working practices conform to Health & Safety legislation in this area of work.

Note Nursery Cook : All Camden employees are expected to be flexible in undertaking the duties and responsibilities attached to their post and may be asked to perform other duties, which reasonably correspond to the general character of their post and their level of responsibility.

• Knowledge of food hygiene
• Knowledge of Health & Safety requirements
• Knowledge of emergency procedures and taking appropriate action