Cook
Hostelling Scotland, Hillside, City of Edinburgh
Cook
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Hostelling Scotland, Hillside, City of Edinburgh
- Full time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted 1 week ago, 14 Apr | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 192a426c449d4cb0b76bc91b6bfef60d
Full Job Description
- Cooking daily food for breakfast buffet and evening meals, catering for groups from 10 up to 120, dining room capacity up to 65 people, including café style lunch ensuring high quality whilst achieving budgetary requirements taking into consideration allergens and special dietary advice.
- Familiarise self with ordering systems and suppliers to ensure stock levels are sufficient to deal with demand whilst managing and monitoring stock controls for the catering operation
- Ensure effective communication with all members of the team; facilitating smooth and thorough handovers between shifts. Comply with Hostelling Scotland's Policies and Procedures whether communicated verbally in writing or by electronic means.
- Maintaining the standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the main catering kitchen, back of the house in accordance with the hostel's HACCP house rules, and cleaning schedules.
- Ensure that all process are undertaken in a manner that ensures compliance with Cooksafe procedures as well as Hostelling Scotland house rules.
- Working with the Group, Hostel Managers and catering team, share responsibility for all aspects of food and beverage delivery including Food Hygiene, Cooksafe protocol and providing relevant F&B/catering training to team members whilst keeping abreast with and adopting the most updated food safety and food hygiene best practice.
- With the guidance of the Hostel Manager ensure that guest feedback and complaints from all sources are handled and resolved in a timely and professional manner and in conjunction with other members of the management team.
Previous experience of catering for large groups, pastry chef experience, working in busy contract catering environment. - Excellent knowledge of food hygiene, HACCP and COSHH regulations and a relevant catering qualification including Elementary Food Hygiene certificate, SVQ/NVQ in catering, food production.
- Ability to multitask and work under pressure whilst remaining calm
- Vast knowledge of food styles
- Excellent time management skill.
Join our team, with an adventurous spirit, to help our guests discover and experience the real Scotland through hostelling with us whilst you can also enjoy exploring cities, hillwalking, climbing and many other outdoor activities and amazing surroundings in your spare time. As a non-profit charity with people and communities at our heart, we also give people, who otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity, the chance of a well needed break to explore and experience Scotland or to develop their skills for life, learning and work through our youth programmes. Working with Hostelling Scotland is more than just a job. Join our team to become an Ambassador for Scotland and make a difference! You will be part of our dedicated and friendly team at our Edinburgh Central Youth Hostel., Hostelling Scotland is a not-for-profit charity with over 60 youth and affiliate hostels. Since 1931, we have welcomed millions of visitors through our doors, helping them to 'get outside', to explore what Scotland got to offer, discovering the beautiful locations and the natural benefits of the great outdoors.
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