Assistant Chef

Details; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-focused organization in Cardiff is seeking an Assistant Chef for part-time work. The role involves creating exciting menus and ensuring that meals meet the dietary needs of tenants. Candidates should possess an NVQ Level 2 in Food Preparation and have excellent communication skills. The successful applicant will enjoy working in a supportive environment that values training and well-being, alongside competitive pay of £13.32 per hour.

Benefits

Free Uniform

Free DBS Check

Excellent work-life balance

Wellbeing support

Dedicated learning and development team

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills to work closely with the team and tenants.
• Must have qualifications including NVQ Level 2 in Food Preparation / Catering.
• Organisational skills needed to maintain paperwork and menu plans.

Responsibilities

• Create exciting menus and delicious recipes for tenants.
• Support with menu plans, stock control, and adhere to food hygiene regulations.
• Chop, dice, slice, and prepare food following health standards.

Skills

Culinary Experience

Food Preparation Experience

Restaurant Experience

Food Service

Kitchen Experience

Catering

Serving Experience

Cooking

Dietary Department Experience

Baking

Knife Skills

Meal Preparation

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Food Preparation / Catering

Food Hygiene Level 2

Job description

Assistant Chef

13.32 per hour

30 hours per week Days

Plas Bryn Pentrebane Road Fairwater Cardiff CF5 3RW

The opportunity

As an Assistant Chef you’ll provide delicious and nutritious meals for our tenants. You’ll be sourcing fresh food working to a budget supporting to lead the team alongside the Chef Manager and adding some flavour to our tenants’ lives! Mealtimes are important so we are looking for someone who can create exciting menus and recipes; after all some of the happiest memories are made around the table. Some of our tenants may have cultural or dietary requirements we are looking for someone who can consider their needs likes and dislikes to ensure that they look forward to and enjoy their mealtimes.

What we need from you

• Communication skills you’ll be working closely with the Chef and Service managers a team of food service assistants and our tenants; they love to chat so we need you to be approachable and friendly too.
• You’ll need some qualifications for this role these includes NVQ Level 2 in Food Preparation / Catering and Food Hygiene Level 2. We offer lots of training and support we even have a training team who are dedicated to provide you with all the tools you need to succeed.
• Organisational skills you will be chopping dicing slicing mixing and marinating but you will also need to keep on top of the paperwork. You’ll support with menu plans stock control complete HACCP documents adhere to Food Hygiene regulations and work to the budget so we need someone who can cross the Ts and dot the Is as well as serving up delicious pies.

What we will offer in return

• Free Uniform
• Free DBS Check
• Excellent work life balance
• Wellbeing support
• Dedicated learning and development team

FREDIE

At Pobl Group we are guided in all that we do by a group of principles that we call FREDIE these are : Fairness Respect Equality Diversity Inclusion Engagement. This means that whatever your background you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process please contact

Whats next

The advert will close at 23 : 45 on 28 December 2025. We reserve the right to close the advert before this date once we are in receipt of sufficient applications.

Key Skills

• Culinary Experience
• Restaurant Experience
• Food Preparation Experience
• Food Service
• Kitchen Experience
• Catering
• Serving Experience
• Cooking
• Dietary Department Experience
• Baking
• Knife Skills
• Meal Preparation

Employment Type : Part-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1