Nursery Cook

Location - The Learning Tree Nursery School, 2A Carlisle Road, Romford, Essex

Hours - Full time Monday to Friday, 7am to 4pm

Salary - £13.75 - Salary to be discussed based on experience and qualification

Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount and much much more

Hi, I’m Karly, the Nursery Manager at The Learning Tree.

At our nursery, we’ve created a warm, nurturing environment where children can thrive from babyhood through to preschool. Every space is thoughtfully designed to support each stage of development, encouraging curiosity, confidence, and a love for learning.

Our beautiful living walls bring the outside in, creating a calming , nature-inspired atmosphere indoors. Outside, our garden offers engaging opportunities for sand and water play, where children collaborate, explore, and learn together through play.

Children enjoy healthy, balanced meals in a central dining space that’s both welcoming and social—building friendships and routines that support their well-being and development.

Who & What is Storal?

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily a part of here at The Learning Tree. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and are passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must if that’s pink hair, being Neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all.  Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better. Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to our Storal community. 

About you
You are a dedicated, Level 2 Food and Hygiene qualified cook with a solid understanding of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH and you're looking for a new role in a fun, friendly team, where you can thrive and make the most of your culinary skills.

What you'll be doing
As a Nursery Cook, you’ll assist in preparing nutritious, freshly made meals while maintaining the highest standards of safety and hygiene in the nursery kitchen at all times. Your flexibility and reliability will ensure the smooth operation of the kitchen.

Day to day you will find yourself;

• Catering for children with specific dietary needs

• Working to an extremely high level when it comes to the relevant Food and Hygiene, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety, Health and Safety and Ofsted guidelines and regulations

• Ensuring that all children are kept safe and have rich stimulating eating experiences

• Maintaining stock levels and ensuring stock rotation

• Following COSHH and other relevant guidelines

What you'll need

• Level 2 Food and Hygiene

• Experience in a commercial kitchen as an assistant cook/chef or something very similar

• Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH

Why work for us:  

Family Friendly Benefits - enhanced parents leave including maternity, paternity & adoption & Childcare Discount at 50% off all fees

Refuel Benefits - access to modern-day, progressive mental health support & sick pay 

Financial Perks - emergency cash access to your pay before pay date, free financial coaching 

Social Perks  – online community for peer-to-peer socializing eg. book club, pets club, pinecones club & continuous professional development accessible to you at anytime 

 Plus, many more.  

We care about our people.  

 Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes The Learning Tree so special.

 
Storal is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our  families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.