Café Cook

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Café Cook to join our Putney School of Art and Design team at Enable! This is a unique opportunity for a cook with passion to continue our good work introducing a diverse range of new classic and favourite home cooked dishes.

About Us

Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people s lives and strengthen our local community.

At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best.

Reports to: Operations Manager

Based: Putney School of Art and Design

Salary: London Living Wage £13.85 (£15.52 Inclusive of Annual Leave)

Contract: Casual
Work Arrangement: 4 days per week, On-site

DBS: Enhanced with Children

Role Overview:

The PSAD café is the heart of our school where we pride ourselves on our creativity, diversity, and community. Our values are reflected in our broad range of lovingly made home cooked vegetarian dishes, freshly prepared and served each day. An integral service highly valued by our loyal customer base, a mixture of local artists and those new to the creative sector.

The team at PSAD are passionate about connecting the community through culture, art and design, making it affordable and accessible for all. Today, managed by Enable and firmly rooted in the community, the school offers art and design courses, including specialised courses like the Art and Design Diploma, a Family Learning programme where parent and child can learn and work together, and courses for young people.

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

• Plan the daily menu, prepare, cook and serve meals, serve hot and cold beverages and other food items
• Serve customers efficiently with food and drink orders and take payments
• Assist in preparation of cafe and counters before, during and at the end of service
• Offer customers amazing standards of customer service and car
• Responsible for cleaning all kitchen equipment and work areas, including cooker, microwave, work surface, display and storage areas and fridge, observing strict rules of hygiene
• Ensuring adequate stock levels of supplies and consumables for café area by contributing to the ordering of stock, including the purchase of fresh produce as required
• Ensuring compliance with all legislation including H&S and food hygiene and undertake all checks and tests as required by Environmental Services.

Skills and Experience:

• You must be a clear communicator who prides themselves on providing excellent customer service with the ability to build a great relationship with our loyal following of students and friends who visit the café.
• You have previous experience of working in the food and beverage industry or the catering sector
• You are reliable and self-sufficient with an ability to prioritise your work and use your initiative to undertake a variety of tasks
• Be proactive, and versatile, with willingness to be flexible to help meet urgent and important business deadlines.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a company that positively impacts the community around them! If you are someone that is motivated by a desire to enrich the lives of others and make a genuine difference, then please Apply Now and follow the prompts.

Enable is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. To find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.