Centre Cook

Part-Time | Monday to Friday | Family-Owned Centre

An exciting opportunity has become available for a passionate and experienced Cook to join our team at our family-owned childcare centre in Morayfield.

We are looking for someone who takes pride in creating nutritious, delicious meals for children and enjoys being part of a warm, supportive team. This role is more than simply preparing meals. Our Cook is an important part of our centre community, building relationships with our children, families and educators and helping create positive experiences around food and nutrition.

Our family-owned centre is also supported by an external management team, providing additional professional support and guidance to help you succeed in your role.

As our Centre Cook, you will be responsible for:

• Planning and preparing nutritious, high-quality menus for children

• Ensuring allergies, dietary requirements and individual needs are carefully accommodated

• Preparing our daily complimentary parent breakfast, helping us provide a welcoming and convenient start to the day for our families

• Setting up, maintaining and ensuring our parent breakfast station is fully stocked and ready each morning

• Maintaining a clean, organised and compliant kitchen in accordance with food safety regulations and requirements

• Managing kitchen budgets, stock, ordering and meal planning

• Building positive and collaborative relationships with educators, children and families

• Providing weekly cooking experiences for children across different ages and stages of development

• Working alongside families and educators to support individual dietary and nutritional needs

• Contributing positively to the wider centre community and helping us create a warm, welcoming environment for our families

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Previous experience working as a Cook, with experience in an Early Childhood setting highly regarded

• Cookery qualifications and/or a Food Safety Certificate, or willingness to obtain

• A current Working with Children Check (Blue Card) or ability to obtain

• Confidence in developing nutritious and varied menus

• A strong understanding of food allergies, dietary requirements and safe food preparation

• Experience with budgeting, ordering and stock management

• Strong organisation and time-management skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• A professional, reliable and positive attitude

• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team

We believe our team should feel valued and appreciated. Our staff benefits include:

• 80% childcare fee discount

• Regular staff lunches and morning teas as a little thank you

• RDO for birthday

• Staff Member of the Month recognition, including a gift card and small gift

• All uniforms supplied

• Supportive, family-owned working environment

• Consistent Monday-to-Friday daytime hours

This is a permanent part-time position working Monday to Friday:

Monday: 7:00am – 1:00pm
Tuesday: 7:00am – 1:00pm
Wednesday: 7:00am – 1:00pm
Thursday: 7:00am – 1:00pm
Friday: 7:00am – 2:00pm

A 30-minute lunch break applies daily.

If you are an experienced Cook who loves creating great food, enjoys working around children and would like to become part of a supportive centre community, we would love to hear from you.

Apply via **********@leadingedgechildcare.com.au and tell us a little about yourself and your experience.