Job Description
Nursery Chef
Role Brief
To work as a chef providing high quality, seasonal and home-made meals for young children within the nursery budget following the two-week menu using fresh ingredients and meeting all the nutritional requirements of the nursery.
Line Manager – Nursery Manager/Head Chef
Administration
- To complete all documentation in compliance with the Food Standards Agency ‘Safer Food Better Business for Caterers’ pack.
- To complete daily checks, cleaning records & SFBB diary every day.
- Ensure you remain up to date with all relevant current legislation and government guidelines.
Communication
- Liaise between the Room staff and the Nursery Manager for changes to the daily dietary requirements.
- To comply with the policies of the nursery as laid out in the Policy and procedure folder.
- Maintain regular and effective communication with colleagues and other key people in Naturally Learning.
- Provide feedback to the Head Chef regarding the menu/recipes/ideas.
- To attend in-service training courses and meetings as required.
Safeguarding
- Ensure you have an up-to-date DBS.
- A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and families.
- To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff which is obtained as part of the job.
Training
- To have received training in Food Hygiene to at least level 2.
- To have received Allergy Awareness training.
- Attend Statutory Training; Safeguarding Level 2 & Ethos training
- Completed a Paediatric First Aid course
Finance
- To maintain a stock control system and submit the weekly food orders as agreed with the Head Chef.
- To be able to work within the allocated budget, taking responsibility for food ordering.
- Monitor food wastage and ensure that levels are always maintained at a minimum.
Daily Duties
- To prepare and cook a healthy, balanced meals suitable for all children, including all dietary requirements, promoting healthy eating and a positive attitude to nutrition whilst adhering to all relevant policy and legislation.
- To organise and maintain the nursery kitchen to a hygienic and consistently high standard and in line with Naturally Learning philosophy and policy.
- To be responsible for ensuring the safe storage of ingredients using the date dot system of marking.
- To ensure that you are fully aware of the specific dietary needs of the children including allergies and intolerances to particular foods.
- To promote healthy eating, recognising different cultures, festivals, celebrations and preferences and offer a balanced diet to meet those needs.
- To support and assist the nursery team to deliver effective and appropriate food related activities.
- To ensure mealtimes are friendly, relaxed occasions where all staff sit and eat with the children.
- To involve and liaise with parents regarding their children’s eating plan where special requirements are needed.
- Assist with all aspects of catering and dining within the nursery and consistently exhibit a flexible, positive and co-operative attitude in line with the Naturally Learning philosophy.
- To assist with nursery laundry and general nursery cleaning where/when required.
Health & Safety
- To maintain a clean kitchen and equipment.
- To be able to identify health and safety issues with all the kitchen and serving areas and take appropriate action where necessary.
- To always adhere to COSHH guidelines.
Full-time, 37.5 hours over 5 days (Monday - Friday)
BenefitsBenefits:
- Additional leave
- Childcare Discount
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
Nursery Name
What we believe
Naturally Learning has a strong ethos, underpinned by brain development theory, an understanding of how children learn, knowledge of child development theories and years of experience working with young children and their families.
Our holistic approach to childcare and education focuses on the child as a whole, nurturing their body, mind and soul.
Where we play
Our indoor environments provide spaces of calm where children can access a wide range of stimulating learning experiences, and a variety of interesting resources to investigate.
At Naturally Learning there are quiet places to rest and reflect, communication-friendly spaces to talk with friends, areas to spark creativity and imagination, things to question and count, sensory experiences to explore and places to read and write.
At Naturally Learning, children have the opportunity to spend much of their time outside and experience multiple learning opportunities in our outdoor classrooms and gardens.
We are proud to offer award winning forest and beach school sessions as outdoor learning is integral to our ethos. Find us in the woods or on the coast as we build independent, capable and resilient learners through access to wild spaces and risky play.
How we learn
Our holistic approach ensures children form nurturing relationships on which to build future learning. As children develop, our knowledgeable educators provide a safe base for them to explore the challenge of independence.
Children learn best when they are fully immersed in their education which is reflected in our child led approach. At Naturally Learning there is time to play, space to explore and freedom to choose.
Through project-based planning and a seasonal curriculum, we naturally scaffold children’s learning through their own interests and inquiry.