Chef

Aramark Ltd; Ash; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly rate £13.78

Full time 37.5 hours

Discounted meals on duty

Free on site parking

Life assurance and Pension

Generous holiday entitlement

Cycle to Work scheme

Refer a friend scheme

Love2Shop discounts

Job summary

Aramark Ltd at Keogh Barracks, Aldershot, GU12 5RQ, is seeking a chef to join a supportive team. You will prepare meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, work on service level meals, and ensure accurate kitchen records while maintaining high hygiene standards.

The role offers a full-time schedule (37.5 hours/week) with shift patterns across early to late, a DBS check, discounted meals on duty, and on-site parking. Training and career progression are highlighted as strong benefits.

Qualifications

• Food Hygiene level 2 or higher
• Relevant culinary qualification
• Previous catering/mess operational experience preferred with on-the-job training
• Confident DBS required

Responsibilities

• Cook and prepare food for breakfast, lunch and dinner service
• Work on function and silver service level tasks
• Support kitchen team and communicate effectively
• Follow recipe cards to prepare, cook and serve meals
• Complete daily paperwork for due diligence and record keeping
• Assist with deliveries and stock checks and place food orders

Education

Culinary qualification

Food Hygiene Level 2+

Job description

Your Aramark journey starts here Do you love to create meals that put smiles on faces? Are you wanting to work in a business who will offer you a great work life balance? We are currently recruiting a Chef to join our fantastic team at Keogh Barracks, Aldershot, GU12 5RQ

Perks of the job

• Hourly rate of £13.78
• Full time! 37.5 hours per week, 5 days out of 7 with variable shift patterns ranging between 6am - 9pm
• Discounted meals on duty
• Free on site parking
• Life assurance and Pension contribution
• Generous holiday entitlement - you can even opt to buy additional days!
• Cycle 2 Work scheme and Refer a friend scheme
• Love2Shop discounts, including savings on your weekly supermarket shop!

You will also be joining a great team, with fabulous career prospect and could lead to all sorts of opportunities - we LOVE to promote from within! As we are passionate about developing our people from within, great training is provided.

What you'll be doing

• You’ll be cooking and preparing food ready
  for breakfast, lunch and dinner service
• Function work, up to silver service level food to be provided
• Work well as part of a team of chefs, supporting one another and communicating well
• Following recipe cards to prepare, cook and serve a range of meals
• Completing daily paperwork to cover due diligence
• Assisting with deliveries and stock checks
• Placing food orders and maintaining kitchen records
• To share responsibility with the Chef manager/Catering manager for the checking, probing and signing of all food deliveries
• To monitor and record temperatures of fridges, freezers, hot cabinets and serveries.
• Assisting in daily and weekly kitchen deep cleans
• Full knowledge of all menu items served
• Management of production and food levels to ensure minimal wastage
• Undertake relevant training as required

Experience

• Food Hygiene level 2 or higher
• Relevant culinary qualification
• Previous experience of working in a catering and/or Mess operational role preferrable but on the job training will be
  supplied.
• A confident chef DBS Required