Kitchen General Assistant

RH6, Lowfield Heath, West Sussex
£12.99/hour

General Assistant

Job Overview

gategourmet is the world's largest independent provider of catering services for airlines and is the core business behind gategroup, whose eleven associated brands offer customers a comprehensive scope of products and services for virtually any on-board need. We provide more than 200 million meals a year to our 270-plus customers at some 120 airport locations around the globe.If you are would like to be part of a friendly and exciting team, we would love to hear from you.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

  • Your day may involve preparing food tray sets and conduction temperature and quality checks.
  • Other duties include checking stock and flight trollies, unloading incoming trollies from flights in preparation for cleaning.
  • General washing, sorting, assembling and packing of airport equipment. Stripping airlines trollies and delivering to relevant departments.
  • Sealing flight canisters, trolleys and recording numbers.
  • Previous experience in a catering or hospitality role is desirable but not essential. You must be able to work shifts and be keen to learn. In addition to job - related training, you will develop your skills in team work, time management, multi-tasking, communication and attention to detail.

SPECIFIC DUTIES BY DEPARTMENT

Day to day duties within the kitchen:

  • Pack food liners in accordance with written specification
  • From specification, accurately make up sample and product for all classes
  • Conduct temperature, quality, and product date checks
  • Seal flight canisters, trolleys and record numbers
  • Ensure correct marshalling of flights to Dispatch bays in assigned stowing order

Shifts: Must be able to work a mix of shifts, including weekends.

Qualifications: Educated to High School level.

Work Experience

Good standard of English both written and verbal

Working knowledge of Basic Hygiene

Ideally some experience in a production/manufacturing/stores environment

Experience of working in a fast-paced deadline driven environment

Skills & Knowledge

Good understanding of English both reading and writing

Good Customer Service skills

Positive attitude to work

Able to work to tight deadlines

Team worker

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