Job Description
Your culinary journey starts here
Our hotel teams are currently recruiting Kitchen Assistants to work in one of our professional kitchens within Alton Towers. You will be aiding the chefs and culinary staff in the preparation of food for the restaurant. This is a great starting point for a career within catering and hospitality and you will be working with a team of talented chefs.
The ingredients for success
Ideally you will have had experience in a similar role, however, people wanting to get into this role with no experience will be considered. Your mission is clear, you must assist the team in delivering first class food to our hotel guests, and to support the kitchen team.
Pay, benefits and hours
You will be working either part time or full time on a seasonal variable contract, with an hourly rate up to £10.55 dependant on age.
Some of the amazing benefits we offer include:
- Merlin Magic Passes (Free tickets for you and your friends and family to use across our theme parks - worth £1000) These tickets can be used at Thorpe Park, Alton Towers, Legoland Windsor, Chessington World of Adventures and many more great attractions.
- You will also have development opportunities to allow you to grow your career with Aramark, where we have over 400 locations across the UK.
- On site discount across Merlin theme parks and attractions
- We operate a refer a friend scheme. Earn up to £300 for every successful referral who joins our team at Alton Towers Resort
- Generous accrued annual leave package
- Save hundreds of £'s with our online staff shopping scheme
- Free Uniform
- Working with a great team who have fabulous out of work social activities
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible working hours including parent and carer shifts and shifts to work around student timetables.
- Ongoing training and development - this could be the start of your hospitality career and we can support your development
- Free staff parking
Your main responsibilities will include
- To maintain food hygiene, service and presentation to standard
- To aid the preparation of food for the chefs
- To maintain a high standard of hygiene in respect of premises and self
- Ensuring all equipment is clean and put away correctly
Qualifications and experience needed
- Due to the nature of this role you must be over 18 years old
- Experience in industrial catering would be of benefit but not essential
- A passion for food and service
- Flexible approach to hours and duties
- Team player
Not enough time to apply? Simply text Magic to 60060 and we will call you back
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract
Salary: Up to £10.55 per hour
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Stoke-On-Trent: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Have you ever worked for Alton Towers? If so, when did you leave the attraction?
- Due to the nature of our business Merlin Entertainments require applicants to provide details of any unspent criminal convictions under the rehabilitation of offenders act 1974. Do you currently have any unspent criminal convictions? If you answer yes to this question a member of our team will be in contact in order to ensure we can consider the most appropriate role for you.
- Will you be able to reliably commute or relocate to Stoke on Trent?
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: ATHKA1