Events Assistant / Driver

Full UK Manual Driving Licence (held for at least 2 years) required

We’re looking for a reliable, hands-on Events Assistant to join our Care Homes team.

This is a practical role that involves travelling across the UK to support our food tasting events -helping us showcase our meals and win new business.

You’ll be loading and driving our branded 3.5-tonne vans, setting up tasting sessions, and serving food to care home teams. If you’re comfortable with early mornings and nights away, don’t mind being on your feet, and enjoy variety in your day-to-day work, this could be a great fit.

This role is key to helping apetito grow its presence in the care sector, and you’ll be part of a supportive team that works closely with Sales and Marketing to deliver memorable events.

What to expect

This role is practical and hands-on; perfect for someone who prefers to be out and about over desk-based tasks.

You’ll be helping us deliver tasting experiences that bring our food to life, right where it matters: with the people who use and serve it every day.

You’ll be away from home regularly, working closely with others but often taking ownership of the setup on your own.

It’s a chance to play a direct role in the growth of our business, by helping make sure every event runs smoothly and leaves a great impression.

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

• Driving our 3.5-tonne vans to and from care homes and event venues.
• Loading/unloading the van and setting up event equipment.
• Serving food to customers and prospects as part of tasting events.
• Supporting sales team members on-site during events and at our Visitor Centre.
• Managing the event schedule and working with the sales team to plan logistics.
• Keeping vans and event equipment clean, safe, and road/event ready.

Essential:

• Full UK manual driving licence (held for at least 2 years).
• Willingness to travel across the UK, including overnight stays (typically twice per week).
• Comfortable with physical work and early starts.
• A dependable, can-do attitude and good timekeeping.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Basic computer skills and good organisational ability.
• Flexible approach to working hours (including occasional weekends).

Desirable:

• Experience in a driving or delivery role.
• Experience setting up or supporting events.
• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Basic Health & Safety knowledge.

This role involves travel across the whole of the UK so will involve early starts, late finishes and overnight stays.

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.
Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

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