Cook Reading, England
Job description
Canteen Cook
Shift required: 40 Hours Monday to Friday Day Shift 07:00 – 15:30 with flexibility required
£26,000 + additional benefits
Reading
As Canteen Cook you'll be working alongside our canteen manager to serve fresh meals to our Reading based colleagues and on site visitors. Our multi-drop drivers and warehouse Operatives provide a vital and valued service getting food ready to deliver to places like restaurants, pubs, hospitals, schools, care homes and universities. Its certainly builds up an appetite when you are having to pick, pack and check the quality of these refrigerated food items, ready for our drivers to deliver. So if you have previous cooking and food handling experience and searching for great career opportunity and direction – you’ll go far with us.
We are looking for someone to work Monday to Friday, 7am - 3.30pm (40hrs per week)
To join us as a our new cook you will have previous experience cooking and food handling experience in a fast paced, time pressured environment. We are looking for someone with a excellent customer service skills and awareness of Food hygiene. Experience Cash handling and till operation experience would be advantageous but is not essential, what’s key is your ability and desire to learn - understanding the business and the way around our commercial kitchen quickly.
In return we offer a great package including basic salary, generous holiday allowance plus the option to purchase more, pension plus huge discounts on award- winning products. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to further enhance your skills through our Learning & Development programmes. In Brakes you can really be anything you want to be!
People join us for the stability and security. But they stay for our fun and friendly culture that supports everyone to be the best they can be. Join us and discover all sorts of opportunities to develop your career with us, as well as a range of great benefits.
Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation, we are the UK’s largest foodservice supplier. Every day Brakes deliver the highest quality fresh and frozen food and ingredients from our nationwide network of distribution centres to some of the nation’s most famous pubs and restaurants, as well as schools, caterers, care homes and hospitals. Our customers depend on us, and our 6,000-strong workforce is dedicated and proud to be part of this vital provision. And we’re growing!
At Brakes everyone is welcome. We don’t want you to ‘fit our culture’ we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don’t just look at your CV, we’re more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Brakes and we recognise that Brakes can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you
