Chef - Shrewsbury

National Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 10%

Free entry to Trust places

Deposit loan

Season ticket loan

EV car lease

Discounts (perks at work)

Holiday allowance

Flexible working

Employee assistance

Free parking

Job summary

National Trust seeks an experienced chef to craft dishes from fresh, seasonal ingredients for visitors in a fast-paced kitchen environment. You will follow recipes, batch-cook, and contribute to a positive team atmosphere while maintaining high hygiene standards.

The role includes induction, allergens and food safety training, plus opportunities for further development. You’ll work with a friendly team dedicated to great visitor service.

Qualifications

• Experienced professional chef or cook with a passion for food.
• Willing to follow recipes and batch-cook, and learn
• Aware of health and safety compliance and COSHH
• Good communication and teamwork skills

Responsibilities

• Prepare food from scratch using fresh, seasonal ingredients.
• Serve food directly to visitors.
• Support and collaborate with the team to foster a positive work environment.
• Adhere to food hygiene and COSHH procedures.

Skills

Professional chef

Batch cooking

Health and safety

Team communication

Job description

Your main focus is the kitchen, a busy and creative hub. You'll be working within the framework of our 'National Trust Cookbook' to prepare delicious food from scratch using fresh, seasonal ingredients. Your food will be served directly to visitors. You'll help to build a great place to work, which includes showing empathy and giving support to team members when needed. The aim is to foster a positive spirit where everyone is focussed on giving the best possible service to visitors. By maintaining high standards of food hygiene and COSHH procedures, you'll minimise risks to visitors, staff and contractors. We'll give you an induction that fits the job, and training in allergens and food safety, plus any mentoring needed to help you in your role. You can sign up for further professional training and development if you wish. You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what's possible in this role.

We'd love to hear from you if you're:

• experienced as a professional chef or cook, with a passion for food and a friendly and positive attitude
• confident about following recipes and batch-cooking, and willing to learn
• aware of health and safety compliance
• happy working within a team, and good at communicating with people.

The National Trust has the motto 'For everyone, for ever' at its heart. We're working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It's important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we're for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

The package

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• EV car lease scheme (for roles that meet the salary criteria)
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most Trust places