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Job description

Would you like to work in the kitchen of our popular cafe at Creative Gardens Donaghadee? This role is to assist our head chef with food preparation, packaging and labelling our Food Co. retail range and helping with our café food service such as preparing customer lunch orders.

Responsibilities

• Supporting head chef with food production.
• Reading customer food orders and preparing for lunch service.
• Veg prep, weighing ingredients etc.
• Portioning and packing items.
• Ensure correct labelling of products (ingredients, allergens, dates).
• Quality checking finished items.
• Preparing products into crates ready for retailing.
• Stock rotation and basic stock handling.
• Dishwashing and clean down duties.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Experience in a kitchen or café environment.
• Attention to detail, especially with labelling and allergens.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, active role.
• Organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to follow instructions and processes accurately.
• Fulfil required working hours.
• Teamwork and communication skills.

Desirable Skills

• Basic food hygiene knowledge (e.g. Level 2 Food Safety).
• Experience with packing and labelling food products.