Westmorland Kitchen
Kitchen
£13.25 per hour
38.75 hours per week
Full Time

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Food Production Kitchen Assistant

About The Role
Working in Westmorland Kitchen, you will be part of a friendly and supportive team. You will play an important role in ensuring our chefs and production team members have a clean, safe, and well-organised working environment, with the equipment and resources they need to work efficiently in our busy production kitchen.

Your responsibilities will include:

Maintaining a constant supply of clean utensils, cookware, and kitchen equipment

Carrying out daily and weekly cleaning duties to a high standard

Ensuring all kitchen and washing areas remain clean, safe, and organised

Supporting chefs and production colleagues with kitchen preparation and set-up tasks

Assisting with the smooth and efficient running of the kitchen operation

Following food hygiene, health, and safety procedures at all times

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working as part of a team, takes pride in maintaining high standards, and thrives in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
*This may be subject to change, if the business demands, but would be discussed in advance regarding availability
About You
You should have a positive 'can do mindset, a passion for delivering great service and the ability to prioritise and organise tasks.

If you have previous experience in a catering environment that's great but don't worry if you don't. We offer full training to get you up to speed and give you all the knowledge you need and how we work at the Westmorland Family.
About Us
At Westmorland we are family business that started in 1972 from our farm in Cumbria, which runs unique motorway service areas – Tebay, Gloucester and Cairn Lodge – based on no franchises but instead our own Farmshops and Kitchens. We also have Junction 38, a services dedicated to HGV drivers, Rheged, a meeting place, Cafe, Gallery and Cinema, and the Westmorland Hotel situated on the edge of the Lake District.

We are proud to be connected to our place and that our family of colleagues share our values of Warmth, Graft and Courage. If you join our family it will be hard work at times but we offer a great range of benefits including generous discounts in our farmshops and kitchens, free meals when working on shift, generous holiday entitlements plus a paid day off for your birthday and more.