Casual Commis Chef

Arena Racing Company; Windsor; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

The Royal Windsor Racecourse offers a prime opportunity for a Casual Prep Chef to join a dynamic kitchen team. In this role, you’ll assist in providing exceptional dining experiences while enjoying flexibility in your shifts. Ideal candidates will embrace quality food preparation, hygiene standards, and collaboration in a busy, rewarding environment.

Benefits

Meals on race days

Tickets to race meetings and events

Qualifications

• At least two years’ experience in a professional kitchen environment.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety, HACCP, and allergen reporting.
• Ability to produce good quality food.

Responsibilities

• Be part of the culinary team ensuring smooth operations.
• Follow recipes and provide meals with quality and consistency.
• Help enforce hygiene and allergen standards.

Skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Good oral communication

Adaptability

Enthusiasm for skill development

Education

Food Safety Level 2 Certification

Job description

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The Royal Windsor Racecourse have an excellent opportunity fora Casual Prep Chef to join our team at Windsor Racecourse.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with an incredibly talented team in a standout venue, producing great food, great service and great experiences for all of our guests.

As a casual chef you will:
• Be a team player; working as an integral part of our culinary team to ensure everything is running smoothly
• Be competent; following recipes and providing meals with quality and consistency
• Be a hygiene and allergen champion; following and helping to enforce strict health, hygiene and allergen standards
• Be attentive; dealing with deliveries, stock rotation and compliance paperwork
• Be adaptable and flexible; assisting the kitchen as and when required

Ideal candidates will have
• At least two years’ experience in a professional kitchen environment (Preferred)
• Work to deadlines set by Sous Chef or Head Chef
• Ability to produce good quality food
• Knowledge of Health and Safety, HACCP and allergen reporting
• Food Safety Level 2 Certification (or equivalent)
• Good oral communication
• High level of attention to detail
• Enthusiasm to develop your own skills and knowledge plus those around you
• Adaptability to change and willingness to embrace new ideas and processes
• Able to self-organise and work cleanly in varied kitchen environments
• Positive and approachable manner
• Team player qualities

At Windsor, we prioritise a good work life balance. In turn working as a casual member of our culinary team we are offering a casual role which will give you the freedom to pick and choose your shifts whilst offering you the flexibility to work around the rest of your life.

Our casual team receive various benefits whilst working for Arc including meals on a race day and tickets to race meetings and other events across the group.

Being a member of the arc casual family does not restrict you to working at just Lingfield Park Resort, if you want to gain experience in other venues there are many opportunities to work across our group.

At ARC, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace makes us a more relevant, more competitive, and more resilient company. We welcome people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.