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Nursery Cook

United Kingdom, Leicester 12.75 GBP / Hour · Job Posted January 06, 2026
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This is an exciting opportunity to join our Nursery team at an award winning Nursery group, contributing to the high quality caring environment we pride ourselves on providing for the children in our Nurseries. We are recruiting for an experienced and talented cook to join our Nursery team. You will be responsible for planning the menus and cooking for 80 children’s meals at our Leicester Nursery School, working alongside a Kitchen Assistant.

Job Responsibility

  • Managing the kitchen
  • Cooking and preparing all meals from scratch with fresh local food
  • Managing all areas of the kitchen, including ordering
  • Monitoring stock and wastage
  • Ensure all meals that leave the kitchen are presented to a high standard
  • Complying to hygiene regulations at all times
  • Planning the menus and cooking for 80 children’s meals
  • Working alongside a Kitchen Assistant

Requirements

  • Previous experience within a busy kitchen environment
  • Demonstrable experience as a skilled Cook ideally in a School or Nursery setting
  • Minimum NVQ level 1 or 2 in Catering or equivalent
  • Excellent culinary skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Strong teamwork skills are essential
  • Conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times with excellent customer service skills
  • Working on your own initiative
  • All applicants must undertake or possess an enhanced DBS check as it is mandatory

What we offer

  • Enhanced holidays
  • Paid sick pay
  • Extra wellness day off (yearly)
  • Accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain
  • Childcare Discount + Funding
  • Compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)
  • Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy
  • Fertility & menopause support
  • Gym discount
  • Free movie tickets
  • Micro-learning
  • Financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund
  • Termly inset days
  • Team app & Storal Awards gathering
  • We pay for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge
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