Tsebo Careers 2026: 5 Catering Jobs Open Across South Africa

Published: 12 August 2026
Last checked: 12 August 2026
Employer: Tsebo Solutions Group
Business units: Fedics and Tsebo Catering
Sector: Catering, healthcare hospitality and food services
Locations: Northern Cape, Gauteng and Limpopo
Website: GPG Vacancies

Answer First Summary

Tsebo Solutions Group has several catering-related vacancies open in South Africa, covering Wardhostess, Food Service Assistant, Storekeeper and Catering Manager roles. Five vacancies reviewed from the employer’s recruitment platform have closing dates between 18 August and 6 September 2026.

The current opportunities include:

• Wardhostess, Northern Cape Healthwise, Kimbereley, Northern Cape
• Food Service Assistant, Johannesburg Talentpool, Gauteng
• Wardhostess, Johannesburg Talentpool, Gauteng
• Storekeeper, Johannesburg, Gauteng
• Catering Manager, Trichardt, Limpopo

The biggest difference between these vacancies is the level of experience required. The Food Service Assistant position requires Matric, while the Wardhostess roles also require Matric and list hospital experience as advantageous. The Storekeeper position asks for two to five years of similar experience, while the Catering Manager requires at least five years of similar management experience plus culinary tertiary qualifications.

This guide goes beyond copying the employer’s vacancy descriptions. It explains which Tsebo role fits different backgrounds, what the daily work involves, which requirements deserve the most attention and how applicants should assess the location and experience requirements before applying.

Tsebo Careers 2026: Vacancy Overview

Position	Location	Business Unit	Closing date	Main requirement
Wardhostess	Kimbereley, Northern Cape	Fedics	18 August 2026	Matric
Catering Manager	Trichardt, Limpopo	Fedics	20 August 2026	Matric, culinary tertiary qualification and 5+ years’ similar experience
Storekeeper	Johannesburg, Gauteng	Fedics	31 August 2026	Matric and relevant experience
Food Service Assistant	Johannesburg, Gauteng	Tsebo Catering	6 September 2026	Matric
Wardhostess Talentpool	Johannesburg, Gauteng	Fedics	6 September 2026	Matric

The dates and requirements above come from the live Tsebo recruitment listings reviewed for this article.

No salary is published in the vacancy information supplied for these positions. Applicants should therefore avoid relying on salary figures appearing on copied job websites unless the employer later provides an official figure.

1. Wardhostess: Northern Cape Healthwise

Reference: TSE260811-2
Location: Kimbereley, Northern Cape
Business unit: Fedics
Employment: Full Time
Closing date: 18 August 2026

View the official Wardhostess vacancy

This is the most time-sensitive vacancy in the group.

The role involves working individually on patient wards and serving breakfast, lunch, supper and snacks in a busy healthcare environment.

What makes this role different?

A Wardhostess position is not the same as a standard restaurant service position.

The work combines food service with patient-focused service. The successful applicant needs to understand meal requirements, dietary changes, menu cards, hygiene procedures and communication with the kitchen.

The duties include:

• Providing patients with fresh ice water
• Maintaining beverage stations
• Serving meals, beverages and snacks
• Assisting patients with menu selection
• Updating patient diet lists
• Communicating dietary restrictions and changes
• Transporting food trolleys between the kitchen and wards
• Checking meal trays before delivery
• Collecting trays after meals
• Maintaining ward service areas
• Handling crockery and cutlery
• Following infection-control and food-safety procedures
• Providing professional patient service

The employer also requires the person to work in a fast-paced environment and remain flexible for shifts, weekends and public holidays.

Who is this position suited to?

This vacancy is worth considering if you have:

• Matric
• Strong customer service skills
• Good communication
• Food-service experience
• Strong attention to detail
• An interest in healthcare catering
• The physical ability to walk, stand, lift and transport meal trolleys

Previous hospital experience is listed as advantageous, rather than as a stated mandatory qualification.

Important applicant insight

The healthcare environment changes the nature of the job.

A Wardhostess needs to follow dietary information accurately and communicate changes quickly. An error involving a patient’s meal requirement is more serious than a normal restaurant order mistake.

Applicants with hospital catering, healthcare hospitality or patient-service experience should make this experience easy to identify on their CV.

2. Catering Manager: Trichardt

Reference: TSE260721-15
Location: Trichardt, Limpopo
Business unit: Fedics
Employment: Full Time
Closing date: 20 August 2026

View the official Catering Manager vacancy

This is the most senior vacancy in the group.

Fedics is seeking a Catering Manager to oversee day-to-day operational management of a key account. The position covers service standards, staff development, client relationships, budgets, administration and operational controls.

Main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for areas including:

• Managing the unit
• Maintaining service standards
• Leading and developing staff
• Managing operational controls
• Monitoring food preparation and presentation
• Handling HR and industrial relations matters
• Managing client needs
• Coordinating functions
• Managing administration and finances
• Working with budgets
• Preparing and understanding weekly and monthly P&L information
• Building client relationships
• Supporting operations during demanding periods

The employer also states the person must be prepared to work long hours and weekends when required.

Requirements

The employer lists:

• Matric
• Culinary tertiary qualifications
• Minimum five years’ experience in a similar role
• Management experience
• Familiarity with accounting systems
• Healthcare experience as highly advantageous

Who should avoid applying?

This is not the strongest match for someone looking for a first management position.

The five-year experience requirement is significant. Applicants should show evidence of managing people, budgets, client relationships and catering operations rather than relying only on kitchen experience.

3. Storekeeper: Johannesburg

Reference: TSE260731-11
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Business unit: Fedics
Employment: Full Time
Closing date: 31 August 2026

View the official Storekeeper vacancy

The Storekeeper position sits behind the catering operation.

Instead of preparing meals or serving customers directly, the role focuses on ensuring food, beverages, equipment and other supplies are received, stored, issued and controlled properly.

Main duties

The vacancy includes responsibility for:

• Managing stock levels
• Ordering food, resale and beverage items
• Receiving supplier deliveries
• Issuing stock from storage areas
• Conducting weekly stock takes
• Monitoring stock shortages
• Managing wastage
• Maintaining clean storerooms
• Checking date markings
• Applying stock rotation procedures
• Managing invoices
• Supporting costing
• Protecting products and equipment
• Maintaining supplier and client relationships
• Reporting product quality issues

Requirements

The employer lists:

• Matric
• Relevant tertiary qualification and/or equivalent competence
• Two to five years’ experience in a similar role
• Communication skills
• Customer service skills
• Computer literacy
• Food and beverage knowledge
• Stock control or storekeeping experience as advantageous

Who is this role suited to?

This position is worth considering if your experience includes:

• Catering stores
• Hospitality stock control
• Food and beverage inventory
• Receiving and issuing stock
• Stock counts
• Stock rotation
• Costing
• Supplier management

A general warehouse background could help, but your CV should show how your experience relates to food-service stock management.

4. Food Service Assistant: Johannesburg Talentpool

Reference: TSE260806-5
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Business unit: Tsebo Catering
Employment: Full Time
Closing date: 6 September 2026

View the official Food Service Assistant vacancy

This is the most accessible opportunity among the five based on the published qualification requirements.

The employer lists Matric as the qualification for the role. The position involves food preparation, meal and beverage service, cleaning, customer service, stock support and waste management.

Main duties

The Food Service Assistant will support:

• Food preparation
• Meal and snack service
• Beverage service
• Kitchen cleanliness
• Food hygiene
• Stock counts
• Stock rotation
• Waste reduction
• Customer service
• Loss prevention
• General kitchen and service operations

Skills the employer wants

The vacancy highlights:

• Customer service
• Verbal communication
• Interpersonal skills
• Food preparation or food-service experience
• Food safety knowledge
• Hygiene knowledge
• Teamwork
• Attention to detail
• Reliability
• Punctuality
• Ability to follow procedures

Why this vacancy stands out

Unlike the Storekeeper and Catering Manager positions, the published qualification section lists Matric without a stated multi-year experience requirement. Previous food-service or hospitality experience is listed within the skills and competencies section, so applicants with relevant experience should highlight it, while the published qualification requirement remains Matric.

5. Wardhostess: Johannesburg Talentpool

Reference: TSE260806-3
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Business unit: Fedics
Employment: Full Time
Closing date: 6 September 2026

View the official Wardhostess vacancy

This vacancy closely matches the Northern Cape Wardhostess position.

The work involves patient meal service, menu selection, diet lists, meal-tray checks, trolley transport, hygiene, infection control and patient-focused customer service. (Tsebo Group)

The published qualifications are:

• Matric
• Previous hospital experience as advantageous

Important distinction

This is listed as a Talentpool position.

A talent pool differs from a vacancy tied to one specific permanent site assignment. Applicants should read the employer’s current listing carefully and understand how the recruitment process works before submitting information.

Which Tsebo Catering Job Fits You Best?

A simple way to compare the five opportunities is to match the job with your strongest experience.

Your background	Best match
Matric and customer-service interest	Food Service Assistant
Food service and patient-facing experience	Wardhostess
Hospital catering experience	Wardhostess
Stock control and catering inventory	Storekeeper
Catering supervision and management	Catering Manager
Five or more years in catering management	Catering Manager
Culinary qualification plus management experience	Catering Manager

This comparison is based on the requirements and duties published by Tsebo for the five positions.

Tsebo Careers 2026: What Applicants Should Know Before Applying

1. The closing dates are different

Do not treat these vacancies as one recruitment campaign with one deadline.

The earliest deadline is the Northern Cape Wardhostess position on 18 August 2026. The Catering Manager closes on 20 August, the Storekeeper on 31 August, while both Johannesburg Talentpool vacancies close on 6 September.

If you qualify for more than one role, prioritise the application with the earliest deadline.

2. Location should influence your decision

The five vacancies are spread across three provinces.

• Northern Cape: Kimbereley
• Gauteng: Johannesburg
• Limpopo: Trichardt

Applicants should consider transport, relocation requirements and working hours before applying.

This is especially important for catering positions because service operations often operate around meal periods rather than standard office hours.

3. Hospital experience matters most for Wardhostess roles

The employer lists previous hospital experience as advantageous for both Wardhostess positions.

This does not mean applicants without hospital experience should automatically remove themselves from consideration. It does mean applicants with healthcare catering experience have a useful point of differentiation.

4. Management experience matters for the Catering Manager role

The Catering Manager vacancy requires a much stronger experience profile than the Food Service Assistant position.

The employer asks for a culinary tertiary qualification and at least five years’ experience in a similar role or management experience.

Applicants should therefore avoid submitting a CV focused only on food preparation.

A management CV should demonstrate:

• Team leadership
• Budget control
• Client management
• Staff development
• Operational planning
• Financial administration
• Quality control
• Catering operations

How to Improve Your CV for Tsebo Catering Jobs

Your CV should reflect the actual work described in the vacancy.

For a Food Service Assistant application, relevant experience includes:

• Food preparation
• Meal service
• Kitchen cleaning
• Customer service
• Food hygiene
• Stock rotation

For a Wardhostess application, highlight:

• Patient service
• Hospital catering
• Menu assistance
• Dietary information
• Meal delivery
• Hygiene and infection control
• Trolley handling

For a Storekeeper application, highlight:

• Stock receiving
• Stock issuing
• Stock counts
• Stock rotation
• Inventory control
• Food and beverage stock
• Supplier relationships
• Costing

For a Catering Manager application, highlight:

• Team management
• Catering operations
• Budgets
• P&L
• Client relationships
• HR and performance management
• Service standards
• Healthcare catering

This approach gives the recruiter evidence of relevance instead of a generic list of personal qualities.

Documents to Prepare

The supplied listings identify qualification requirements but do not provide one universal document checklist for all five positions.

As practical preparation, applicants should have an updated CV and copies of qualifications relevant to the position.

Depending on the vacancy, these could include:

• Matric certificate
• Culinary qualification
• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Food-service training certificates
• Relevant hospitality certificates
• Proof of relevant work experience where appropriate

Only provide information and documents that are accurate and current.

Tsebo Application Safety Warning

Applicants should use the official Tsebo recruitment platform for these vacancies.

Tsebo states on its recruitment pages that it does not charge people seeking employment fees for registration, application, administration or placement.

Do not pay an individual who promises to secure a Tsebo position.

The official application pages are:

1. Wardhostess, Northern Cape Healthwise, TSE260811-2
2. Food Service Assistant, Johannesburg Talentpool, TSE260806-5
3. Wardhostess, Johannesburg Talentpool, TSE260806-3
4. Storekeeper, Johannesburg, TSE260731-11
5. Catering Manager, Trichardt, TSE260721-15

Which Tsebo Vacancy Should You Apply For?

Use this quick assessment before submitting an application.

Choose Food Service Assistant if:

• You have Matric
• You are interested in food preparation and service
• You have customer-service skills
• You work well in a busy environment
• You are comfortable following food-safety procedures

Choose Wardhostess if:

• You have Matric
• You enjoy patient-facing service
• You understand food hygiene
• You have strong attention to detail
• Hospital experience would strengthen your profile
• You are comfortable with physical ward-service duties

Choose Storekeeper if:

• You have Matric
• You have stock-control experience
• You understand inventory management
• You have food and beverage knowledge
• You have two to five years’ similar experience

Choose Catering Manager if:

• You have Matric
• You hold a culinary tertiary qualification
• You have five or more years’ similar experience
• You have management experience
• You understand budgets and P&L
• You have strong client and team-management skills

Why These Tsebo Careers Are Worth Watching

The five vacancies show how broad catering operations are within a large workplace and healthcare-services group.

The opportunities are not limited to cooking.

They cover:

• Patient service
• Food preparation
• Hospitality
• Stock control
• Catering management
• Customer service
• Healthcare catering
• Operational management

This creates different entry points for applicants with different backgrounds.

A person with Matric and customer-service skills might target Food Service Assistant. Someone with healthcare hospitality experience could focus on Wardhostess. An experienced stock controller could target Storekeeper, while an experienced catering manager has a stronger fit for the Trichardt management role.

The key is to match your actual experience to the duties rather than applying for every vacancy based only on the employer name.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Tsebo catering jobs are available in 2026?

The vacancies reviewed include Wardhostess positions in Kimbereley and Johannesburg, a Food Service Assistant in Johannesburg, a Storekeeper in Johannesburg and a Catering Manager in Trichardt.

What is the earliest Tsebo catering job closing date?

The Wardhostess position at Northern Cape Healthwise has the earliest closing date, 18 August 2026.

Does the Food Service Assistant job require Matric?

Yes. The Johannesburg Food Service Assistant listing specifies Matric or Grade 12.

Is hospital experience required for the Wardhostess jobs?

The employer lists previous hospital experience as advantageous for both Wardhostess positions.

How much experience is required for the Storekeeper position?

The employer lists a minimum of two to five years’ working experience in a similar role.

What qualifications are required for the Catering Manager job?

The employer lists Matric and a culinary tertiary qualification, along with a minimum of five years’ experience in a similar role or management experience.

Where are the Tsebo Catering vacancies located?

The current listings reviewed cover Kimbereley in the Northern Cape, Johannesburg in Gauteng and Trichardt in Limpopo.

Do Tsebo recruitment listings have application fees?

No. Tsebo states on its recruitment listings that it does not charge individuals seeking employment fees for registration, application, administration or placement.

Final Applicant Checklist

Before applying for a Tsebo catering position, check:

• Your CV is updated.
• Your Matric qualification is clearly listed where required.
• Your experience matches the specific vacancy.
• Your relevant duties are described rather than listed as job titles only.
• Your location is realistic for the position.
• You have checked the correct closing date.
• You have selected the correct reference number.
• You have reviewed the official employer listing.
• You have not paid anyone for recruitment assistance.

Tsebo’s current catering vacancies provide opportunities across different experience levels, from Food Service Assistant roles requiring Matric to management positions requiring substantial catering experience. The strongest application is not necessarily the one with the longest CV. It is the one where the recruiter’s required skills, qualifications and relevant experience are easy to identify.

GPG Vacancies has reviewed the employer’s listings to help applicants understand the differences between these opportunities before applying.

Tsebo Careers 2026 Closing Dates at a Glance

Vacancy	Closing date
Wardhostess, Northern Cape Healthwise	18 August 2026
Catering Manager, Trichardt	20 August 2026
Storekeeper, Johannesburg	31 August 2026
Food Service Assistant, Johannesburg Talentpool	6 September 2026
Wardhostess, Johannesburg Talentpool	6 September 2026