Kitchen Assistant

• Part time
• 14 hours per week
• Monday-Thursday - 08:30 - 11:30
• £13.50 per hour
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Kitchen Assistant - Omelette Cooking

Slough SL1 4LG

A recipe for success; Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.

At Sodexo, you'll belong in a team and thrive in service. We know that our talented chefs are the key to delivering exceptional service and tasteful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

We are looking for a reliable and enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to join our catering team within a corporate environment.

The main responsibility will be preparing and cooking fresh omelettes for colleagues, ensuring food is served to a high standard and providing a friendly customer experience.

You will also support the day-to-day running of the kitchen, including food preparation, replenishing food displays, maintaining cleanliness and ensuring food safety standards are followed.

This role would suit someone with previous kitchen or cooking experience who enjoys working in a busy, customer-facing environment.

What you'll do

• Prepare and cook fresh omelettes to order, ensuring quality and consistency.

• Serve food in a friendly and professional manner.

• Prepare ingredients and ensure the cooking station is fully stocked and ready for service.

• Replenish food displays and buffet items when required.

• Maintain a clean, tidy and organised kitchen and food service area.

• Follow food hygiene, HACCP and health and safety procedures.

• Ensure food is stored, labelled and date-coded correctly.

• Complete daily cleaning tasks and temperature checks.

• Assist with general kitchen duties and preparation as required.

• Work closely with the Food Lead, Head Chef and Hospitality Supervisor.

• Respond positively to customer requests and changing service requirements.

What you'll bring

• Essential:

  • Previous kitchen or catering experience.

  • Confident cooking experience, ideally preparing food to order.

  • Good attention to detail and a focus on food quality.

  • Friendly, approachable and customer-focused attitude.

  • Reliable, organised and able to work at a good pace.

  • Able to work independently and as part of a team.

  • Good understanding of kitchen cleanliness and food hygiene.

• Desirable

  • Experience cooking omelettes or working on a live cooking station.

  • Food hygiene qualification.

  • Experience in corporate catering or hospitality.

Why Sodexo?

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you. 

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Feed our customers and we’ll fuel your career.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications