Kitchen Helper

Job Description

Reporting to the Chef of the assigned pre-school and working closely with the Kitchen Team, this position will be responsible for maintaining a high standard of cleanliness in the kitchen and to be responsible for the preparation and cooking of a well-balanced and nutritious children's menu for morning snacks, lunch and afternoon snack.

Job Role & Responsibilities

· Maintain food safety and sanitation standards.

· Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients

· Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh

· Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods

· Present, garnish and arrange final dishes

· Occasionally serve food

· Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes

· Handle and store ingredients and food

· Ensure food is hygienically stored and food storage areas are kept clean.

· Ordering stock in line with requirements, keeping accounts and budget control.

· Maintaining correct stock levels, ensuring stock rotation and ensuring all stocks are clearly labeled to include expiry dates.

· Ensure all kitchen equipment are cleaned before and after use.

· Keeping track freezers and refrigerators at the correct temperature.

· Adhere to the Health Promotion Board Guidelines during the preparation, cooking and serving of all food.

· Ensuring the effective and regular removal of waste materials to the designated waste bins.

· Any other Ad-Hoc duties given by superiors

Requirements

· Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness

· Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating on complex dishes

· Interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of other people, dishwashers, management and sometimes school staff.

· Calm demeanor to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment

· Accountability for the dishes they prepare measuring up to the expectations of management and customers alike

· Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes and to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the restaurant

· Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing

· Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle extreme heat and work shifts

· Must have at least 2 years of relevant cooking experience, preferably in pre-school or childcare setting

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

· Able to work well independently as well as within a team

· Able to do basic calculations