Apprentice Chef

Sanctuary Group; Soham; On-site; GBP 18,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as an Apprentice Chef in a forward-thinking organization dedicated to making a positive impact on people's lives. This role involves delivering high-quality catering services, managing food budgets, and ensuring safety standards in the kitchen. With a commitment to employee wellbeing and comprehensive training, this position offers a rewarding career path. Join a team that values diversity and inclusion, and contribute to creating a supportive environment where everyone can thrive. If you are passionate about cooking and eager to learn, this is the perfect chance to kickstart your culinary career.

Benefits

25 days leave plus public holidays

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Life Assurance

Employee Advice Service

Cycle to Work Scheme

Voluntary health plans

Wellbeing support and tools

Qualifications

• Experience in a catering environment preferred.
• Ability to manage food budgets and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality catering services for customers.
• Manage food and labour budget through careful planning.
• Ensure high sanitation and safety standards in the kitchen.

Skills

Catering experience

Customer interaction

Food Safety Management

Education

Minimum of 2 GCSEs in Maths and English

Job description

Location: Millbrook House, Lodge Close, Soham, Cambridgeshire CB7 5WN

Salary: £17,667.00 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for an Apprentice Chef at Millbrook House.

At Sanctuary Supported Living, we specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible.

We’re a national organisation, but we’re not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We’re committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence.

No matter your job – delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams – your work makes a difference every day.

And working with us isn’t just another job. It’s rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people’s lives. Plus, we’ll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

Though we refer to the position as Chef, it is also known as Demi Chef, Line Chef, Cook, Chef de Partie (CDP) and Commis Chef.

The role of Apprentice Chef will include:

• Delivering a high-quality versatile catering service that caters for our customers.
• Managing the food and labour budget, through careful rota planning, purchasing and control of food supplies, to ensure that menus can be delivered, and the kitchen works within the relevant budgetary levels for the Taste restaurants.
• Receiving and amending of orders, food stock locations and audits, input of weekly labour entries and daily cash records within the specified time requirements.
• Managing the Food Safety Management System and having responsibility for the team understanding and implementing it.
• Scheduling cleaning and maintenance routines for all food services areas and kitchen equipment, to maintain high sanitation/safety standards.
• Carrying out risk assessments and cleaning the kitchen to a high standard.

Skills and experiences:

• A minimum of 2 GCSEs at grade D or E and above (grades 2– 3) or equivalent in Maths and English.
• Previous experience of working in a catering environment is preferred along with experience of cooking for various groups of people.
• Friendly and approachable attitude with the ability to interact with our customers, visitors, and colleagues.

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental, and financial health, and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days leave rising to a maximum of 30 days (plus public holidays).
• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary.
• Life Assurance.
• Employee Advice Service including counselling.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Voluntary health plans.
• Wellbeing support and tools.

Please note that initial contact to shortlisted applicants will be via HIT Training who will be in contact for an initial discussion about the role and to run through their standard Apprentice eligibility checks.

Job Reference: 220986

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We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early.

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.