Kitchen Helper (Location: Mountbatten)

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.