dinner lady (Dinner Lady)

Member Name: icey33

Product:	Dinner Lady
Date:	06/06/09 (390 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Off when kids are off

Disadvantages: none

I've been the assistant cook in a primary school for 4 years now. It's not the best paid job in the world, but if you've got kids at school, and want to be off with them at holiday times, it's really handy. That's the main reason I applied for the job. I get paid £7.27 an hour but because we get paid during the holidays, it ends up around a pound per hour less.

At my school I start at 8.00 am, where we start preparing for the day ahead. We have three main meals per day to make, one of them being vegetarian, and a pudding. We also make our own bread. Later on, 3 more staff come in, to help with serving the lunches, then it's tidy up time.

We have a three week menu, and I must say, school dinners have come a long way, everything is healthy and prepared from scratch.

I also have to do stock control on a weekly basis, and do food orders.

We don't have much interaction with the kids, apart from over lunch time, while serving their meal.

Summary: if you want to be off work while your kids are at school, this is the job for you.