Kitchen Assistant (D2266)
Responsible to Head Chef
£13.68 p/h
Would you like to work in the kitchen of our popular cafe at Creative Gardens Donaghadee? This role is to assist our head chef with food preparation, packaging and labelling our Food Co. retail range and helping with our café food service such as preparing customer lunch orders.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Supporting head chef with food production
- Reading customer food orders and preparing for lunch service
- Veg prep, weighing ingredients etc
- Portioning and packing items
- Ensure correct labelling of products (ingredients, allergens, dates)
- Quality checking finished items
- Preparing products into crates ready for retailing
- Stock rotation and basic stock handling
- Dishwashing and clean down duties
Essential
- Experience in a kitchen or café environment
- Good attention to detail, especially with labelling and allergens
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, physically active role
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Ability to follow instructions and processes accurately
- Reliable, punctual, and fulfil required working hours
- Good teamwork and communication skills
Desirable
- Previous café or food manufacturing experience
- Basic food hygiene knowledge (e.g. Level 2 Food Safety)
- Experience with packing and labelling food products
The closing date is Friday 13 November 2026 at 12pm. Applications received after this date will not be accepted.
You must complete the online company application form to be considered for the role. We are unable to accept job centre application forms or stand alone CVs.
If you have difficulty completing the form or need assistance, please contact us on 028 91883603 or email jobs@creativegardens.com.
Creative Gardens (NI) is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications form all sections of the community. All appointments will be made on the basis of merit.