So, what will I be doing?
A job in the catering sector but with unusually sociable hours. As Catering Assistant, you will be joining the busy Catering team at our Blagdon production site. Working closely with our existing Catering Assistants and Chef de Partie, you'll be responsible for assisting with the smooth delivery of catering and hospitality for Yeo Valley employees using the canteen (650 people split over two shifts).
Key responsibilities will include both front and back of house duties:
- Assisting Chefs with food preparation
- Serving Yeo Valley staff with hot and cold food
- Ensuring all displays, counters and seating areas are clean and presented to the highest standards
- Vending and snack replacement
- Kitchen porter duties
- Assist with cash handling and till operating
Hours: 4 days on 4 days off, 6am - 6pm
Sounds interesting, what do I need?
The important things:
- Previous experience in a similar catering/hospitality role
- Excellent customer service ethic
- Enjoys working as part of a team
Even better if you have:
- Food Hygiene Level 2
- Good computer skills
Why should I join the family?
We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.
We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:
- 20 days holiday, increasing with length of service
- annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
- paid breaks
- non-contributory pension scheme
- life cover
- healthcare cash back plan
- cycle to work scheme
- subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
- preferential rates with our partners
- learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow
Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!
Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.
Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.