We’re an award-winning educational charity and museum, which includes our mouth-watering on-site café. We’re looking for an aspiring chef who is hard-working, and has a passion in preparing food to join our catering team!
Eureka!’s Food Services team prepare freshly-cooked meals and snacks for our visitors and corporate events.
This is a permanent contract based of 10 hours per week - specifically weekends. You will have the opportunity to pick up extra shifts during the school holidays and when annual leave cover is needed.
We’d love to hear from you if you are a confident and aspiring chef.
Purpose of the Role:
Support the café and catering services at Eureka! by preparing and serving food, maintaining high standards of cleanliness, and delivering excellent customer service to visitors, staff, and event guests.
Food Services
- Undertake all tasks as trained and directed by the Food Services Manager to establish excellence in the content and delivery of food services across Eureka!’s site.
- Support the Cafe Manager to work with external organisations to gain recognition for the high standards we work towards.
- Ensure effective daily preparation and timely delivery of Eureka! menu.
Staff
- Instruct Catering Assistants to ensure that skills and abilities are effectively deployed according to agreed criteria, tasks and responsibilities.
- Ensure that appropriate PPE is worn at all times, that personal presentation standards and all relevant food health, safety and hygiene guidelines are followed.
Delivery
- Support the development, preparation and delivery of food services.
- Work with the Cafe Manager to ensure that deliveries are scheduled effectively, received and stored in accordance with health & safety requirements.
- Ensure that all food is prepared to the required standards, ready at the specified time and served or transported in suitable containers.
- Work with the Cafe Manager to ensure that wastage is kept to a minimum and that all stock is appropriately stored and rotated and that out of date stock is immediately removed.
Stock Control
- Regularly conduct stock audits alongside the Cafe Manager, including any discrepancies.
Health & Safety
- Ensure that all health & safety and hygiene procedures are observed so that the risks to the health & safety of staff and visitors are minimised.
- Ensure that the kitchen and catering areas are maintained in a safe and effective manner at all times, working with the Cafe Manager to conduct equipment checks on a regular basis and commission repairs and or/service checks as necessary.
- Use all equipment as trained, observing all safe practices so that accidents are avoided.
- Carry out record keeping as necessary to ensure compliance with Food Safety regulations.
- Ensure correct use, maintenance and cleaning of equipment.
- Washing up, manually and by machine for equipment used in the kitchen.
- General kitchen cleaning to follow a cleaning schedule.
Other Duties
- Ensure all aspects of security procedures are enforced and adhered to.
- Any other reasonable duties required.
At Eureka! we work in a vibrant, creative, playful environment based in central Halifax, close to public transport links.
Eureka! The National Children’s Museum is committed to safeguarding. All appointments are subject to relevant checks.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: Up to £13.51 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Are you available to work weekends (essential requirement)?
- Do you have a passion for cooking delicious, fresh food?
- Will you be able to reliably commute to Halifax HX1 2NE?
Experience:
- café/catering: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Level 1 Food Hygiene Certificate (preferred)
Work Location: In person
