Kitchen Assistant
Assist Cooks and Chefs in a commercial kitchen.
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- What's it like to be a Kitchen Assistant?
- How to become a Kitchen Assistant
- Latest Kitchen Assistant jobs
- Top skills and experience for Kitchen Assistants
- Is Kitchen Assistant the right role for you?
- Kitchen Assistant role reviews
What's it like to be a Kitchen Assistant?
A Kitchen Assistant helps Cooks and Chefs with food preparation and storage, in addition to cleaning and restocking items. Kitchen Assistants may work in a variety of settings, such as commercial kitchens, residential facilities, childcare centres and aged care homes.
Tasks and duties
- Assisting kitchen staff with food preparation, being sure to follow infection control and safe food handling regulations and procedures.
- Ensuring the kitchen is clean and tidy.
- Washing, stacking and drying dishes and utensils, and ensuring bench tops are clean and sanitary.
- Operating kitchen equipment in-line with instructions.
- Ensuring food items or dishes and utensils are ready for use as required.
How to become a Kitchen Assistant
Formal qualifications are not required to work as a Kitchen Assistant, as training is usually provided on the job. However, vocational qualifications may be highly regarded by employers.
- Consider completing a Certificate II in Kitchen Operations (SIT20416) in order to develop foundational skills and knowledge in safe food and kitchen practices.
- Gain work experience in a kitchen assistant role, and ensure that you have any personal protective equipment required (such as closed-toed shoes).
- There are many opportunities for Kitchen Assistants to gain new skills and move into other hospitality roles. You may wish to undertake further formal training, such as a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery (SIR30816).
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Kitchen Assistant employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Food Preparation
Hygienic
Food Safety
Cleaning
Cooking
Washing
Food Safety Certificate
Food Handlers Certificate
Food Service
Food Provenance
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Latest Kitchen Assistant reviews
Sep 2024
"As a junior kitchen assistant, I found the experience to be fast-paced and educational, offering a great foundation in teamwork and basic culinary skills."
Reviewer's QualificationMaster of Fine Arts
ExperienceLess than a year
Organisation sizeI'm self-employed
SpecialisationAdvertising, Arts & Media
The good thingsA team work to achieve a communal goal and satisfaction
The challengesAn approach that doesn't support experimentation and research to achieve something new
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May 2021
Hospitality is a very tough job, but I wouldn't changed it . Because the smiles from customers is everything to me.
Reviewer's QualificationDiploma of Hospitality
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationHospitality & Tourism
The good thingsGod things about my work is I have a great boss. Also The job is closer to where I live.
The challengesAlways be willing to learn new things .The job is already exhausting so Always have a great attitude before you get there. And Always smile.
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