Kitchen Assistant

A friendly and well‑organised primary school in Redditch is looking for a dependable and enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to join their catering team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working in a fast‑paced environment and takes pride in helping provide healthy, nutritious meals for children. A temp‑to‑perm route is available for the right person.

🍽️ What the Role Involves

• Assisting with the preparation of hot and cold meals in line with school food standards
• Supporting the cook with basic food prep such as chopping, portioning, and plating
• Setting up and clearing down the dining hall before and after lunch service
• Keeping the kitchen clean, tidy, and compliant with hygiene regulations
• Washing up, organising equipment, and maintaining safe working practices
• Helping create a calm, positive lunchtime experience for pupils
• Working closely with the catering team to ensure smooth daily service

👩‍🍳 What the School Is Looking For

• Experience in a kitchen, café, catering, or food‑service environment (school experience helpful but not essential)
• A positive attitude, strong work ethic, and willingness to learn
• Understanding of food hygiene and safe kitchen practices
• Ability to work efficiently during busy periods
• Reliability, punctuality, and good teamwork skills
• A Food Hygiene Certificate is desirable (or willingness to complete one)
• Enhanced DBS on the update service, or willingness to obtain one

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Mia at mia@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

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