Description:
Are you passionate about food and delivering excellent service with a smile? We’re looking for a motivated and reliable Food Assistant to join our team at the Centenary Café! In this fast-paced and exciting role, you’ll handle a variety of tasks, including food preparation, grilling, cooking, and frying, while ensuring the kitchen stays clean and organized. You’ll take pride in serving delicious dishes to our customers, making sure every meal is a delightful experience. If you’re a detail-oriented, methodical team player with a love for food and fun, this is the perfect opportunity for you! Join us at the Centenary Café and help create a vibrant, tasty experience everyone will enjoy!
Key Responsibilities:
- Handle all aspects of food preparation in a canteen, including grilling, cooking, and frying foods.
- Keep food preparation areas clean and maintain the cleanliness of the canteen and kitchen.
- Assist in the greater kitchen as required, maintaining high quality and standards within a pressurized environment.
- Ensure compliance with company and HSE regulations regarding cleanliness and hygiene in all tasks.
- Meet quality standards for customer service, health and safety, and food standards.
- Assist in preparing meals, especially salads and sandwiches.
- Place orders for salads, desserts, and other food on the serving line and ensure the serving line remains well-stocked and clean.
- May assist in training new employees.
- Store and record food leftovers.
- Ensure a high level of customer service within the area of responsibility and meet customer expectations.
- Report and address customer and client complaints or compliments as necessary.
- Attend meetings and training courses as required.
- Perform any other related duties or tasks as assigned by management or the Canteen Manager/Front House Supervisor.
Minimum Requirements:
- Matric
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- 1-2 years of experience in a similar role
- Culinary qualification (advantageous)
Behaviour/Competencies:
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with clients/customers
- Trustworthy, reliable, and honest
- Strong attention to detail and motivated work ethic
- Passionate about providing service with a smile
- Enjoy practical and methodical work
- Good hand-eye coordination and able to work quickly and safely
- Excellent personal hygiene and communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and deliver exceptional customer service
If you’re excited to join a dynamic team and contribute to a positive, customer-focused environment, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to become part of the Centenary Café team!
We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please note that only candidates meeting the specified criteria will be considered.
If you do not receive a response within 14 working days, please consider your application unsuccessful. We appreciate your interest in joining our team and wish you every success in your future endeavors.
Requirements:
- Handle all aspects of food preparation in a canteen, including grilling, cooking, and frying foods.
- Keep food preparation areas clean and maintain the cleanliness of the canteen and kitchen.
- Assist in the greater kitchen as required, maintaining high quality and standards within a pressurized environment.
- Ensure compliance with company and HSE regulations regarding cleanliness and hygiene in all tasks.
- Meet quality standards for customer service, health and safety, and food standards.
- Assist in preparing meals, especially salads and sandwiches.
- Place orders for salads, desserts, and other food on the serving line and ensure the serving line remains well-stocked and clean.
- May assist in training new employees.
- Store and record food leftovers.
- Ensure a high level of customer service within the area of responsibility and meet customer expectations.
- Report and address customer and client complaints or compliments as necessary.
- Attend meetings and training courses as required.
- Perform any other related duties or tasks as assigned by management or the Canteen Manager/Front House Supervisor.
- Matric
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- 1-2 years of experience in a similar role
- Culinary qualification (advantageous)
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with clients/customers
- Trustworthy, reliable, and honest
- Strong attention to detail and motivated work ethic
- Passionate about providing service with a smile
- Enjoy practical and methodical work
- Good hand-eye coordination and able to work quickly and safely
- Excellent personal hygiene and communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and deliver exceptional customer service