🍳 Cook Up Something Wonderful – Join Nurtured Childcare as a Nursery Chef!

Passionate about fresh food, creativity and making mealtimes magical for little ones?

At Nurtured Childcare, we’re looking for a special someone to create some culinary magic in our nursery kitchen at Packmoor. If you love cooking nutritious, fresh meals and enjoy creating exciting food experiences for children, we’d love to hear from you!

Nursery Chef

📍 Location: Packmoor
🕘 Hours: 40 hours per week – 8am-4pm

Why Join Nurtured Childcare?

At Nurtured Childcare, we believe food is about so much more than simply filling little tummies. Mealtimes are opportunities for children to explore new flavours, develop healthy habits, learn about nutrition and enjoy positive social experiences.

You’ll have your own budget and plenty of support to develop exciting menus that put the health, wellbeing and nutrition of our children first.

You’ll also become part of a supportive nursery family that values creativity, sustainability and the wellbeing of both our children and our team.

The Role:

As our Nursery Chef, you’ll be responsible for creating fresh, nutritious and exciting meals and snacks for our children. You’ll have the freedom to bring your creativity into the kitchen while ensuring every meal meets the individual dietary and nutritional needs of our children.

Think colourful vegetables, homemade meals, exciting flavours and plenty of opportunities for little ones to discover something new!

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Plan and prepare fresh, balanced and nutritious meals and snacks.
• Develop menus that support children’s health, wellbeing and development.
• Cater safely for allergies, dietary requirements and individual nutritional needs.
• Introduce children to a wide range of flavours, ingredients and cuisines from around the world.
• Make food fun and engaging through creative presentation and child-friendly recipes.
• Support children in developing positive relationships with food.
• Work closely with the nursery team to make mealtimes a fun and social experience.
• Support children with their own culinary experiences and cooking activities.
• Encourage children to grow their own vegetables and learn where food comes from.
• Promote sustainability through recycling, reducing food waste and making environmentally conscious choices.
• Maintain excellent food hygiene and kitchen safety standards.
• Keep the kitchen clean, organised and ready for the next day’s culinary adventures.