Chef/Cook (Part time)

The Fire Fighters Charity; Littlehampton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 66,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

8% pension

Life assurance

Family leave

Job summary

The Fire Fighters Charity is hiring a Chef to join our catering team at Marine Court in Littlehampton. This permanent part-time role involves preparing nutritious meals for service users and visitors, working 7.5 hours on Thursdays from 12:00 to 20:00.

You will help with stock management and ensure compliance with food hygiene regulations while contributing to a supportive stay environment. DBS check is required.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing nutritious and well-balanced meals.
• Ability to follow recipes and set menus.
• Knowledge of dietary restrictions and food hygiene standards.
• Excellent communication and ability to work with others.

Responsibilities

• Support a small catering team to provide nutritious meals for service users and visitors.
• Ensure effective stock management and adherence to food preparation requirements.
• Comply with food hygiene regulations and DBS checks as required.

Skills

Stock management

Following recipes

Nutrition awareness

Communication

Teamwork

Food hygiene knowledge

Job description

Closing Date : 15 November 2026 09:00 am

£5,437.20 plus Excellent Benefits including 8% pension, life assurance and family leave

This is a permanent part-time role, working 7.5hours on a Thursday 12.00 - 20.00 as part of our Catering Team. Whilst not guaranteed there may be opportunity to work additional hours occasionally to support our operations.

About us

Fire Fighters Charity delivers specialist health and wellbeing information and support to enable a healthier and happier UK fire services community.

We now have a vacancy for a Chef to join our catering team at Marine Court in Littlehampton.

About the role

As a Chef, your role is vital to supporting and enhancing the stay for our service users to assist in their recovery. You will support a small catering team to provide nutritious and well-balanced meals for our service users and other visitors to our centre who you will interact with during their stay.

It is important that you ensure effective stock management and that the food prepared in our kitchen is done so in accordance with food preparation requirements and compliance with food hygiene regulations.

This role is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services Check.

About You

This is a fabulous opportunity to join us and work within a supportive and rewarding environment. You will be able to use the skills you have gained previously whilst working as a chef or as a cook, possibly within a school or nursing home environment. What is important, is that you have experience preparing nutritious and good quality balanced meals and have the ability to follow recipes and set menu’s ensuring our guests enjoy a variety of food during their stay.

You will have knowledge and a clear awareness of dietary restrictions and be familiar with working in an environment where food hygiene standards and food preparation requirements are adhered too.

As well as being an excellent communicator and have the ability to work with others, you will take pride in your work and your interactions with others. Your positive attitude and approach will help shape the environment within our centre and support those staying with us.

Our commitment to inclusion

Fire Fighters Charity is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We want everyone in our community to feel welcome, accepted, respected and that they belong. We welcome applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and we will consider reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful this time.