Commis Chef

Aramark Ltd; Bolton; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Bolton is seeking a dedicated Commis Chef to join their team. This full-time position involves preparing meals, ensuring food safety, and maintaining kitchen standards. The role offers competitive compensation including free meals, gym access, and career development opportunities. Ideal candidates should have experience as a Commis Chef or above and a passion for food.

Benefits

Free meals

Parking

Gym access

Life assurance

Pension contributions

Generous holiday entitlement

Opportunities for promotion

Training and development programs

Apprenticeship schemes

Qualifications

• Eligible to work in the UK and residing in-country for more than 3 years.
• Security checks are required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and cooking meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner following recipe cards.
• Checking all food is compliant with allergens and Natasha's law.
• Completing daily paperwork to cover due diligence.
• Sharing responsibility for checking food deliveries and maintaining kitchen records.
• Monitoring and recording temperatures of fridges and hot cabinets.
• Assisting in daily and weekly kitchen clean.

Skills

Experience operating as a Commis Chef or above

Organised with a hands-on ability

Strong work ethic

Passion for people and food

Job description

Responsibilities

• Preparing and cooking meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner following recipe cards.
• Checking all food is compliant with allergens and Natasha's law.
• Completing daily paperwork to cover due diligence.
• Sharing responsibility with the Chef /Catering Manager for the checking, probing, and signing of all food deliveries, stock ordering and maintaining kitchen records.
• Monitoring and recording temperatures of fridges, freezers, hot cabinets, and serveries.
• Assisting in daily and weekly kitchen deep cleans.

Success Criteria

• Experience operating as a Commis Chef or above.
• Organised with a hands‑on ability and strong work ethic.
• Passion for people and food.

About Aramark

Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) is in the customer service business across food, facilities and uniforms, wherever people work, learn, recover, and play. United by a passion to serve, our more than 247,000 team members deliver experiences that enrich and nourish the lives of millions of people in 19 countries around the world every day.

Your Aramark journey starts here.

Position Summary

Aramark UK is looking to hire an experienced and dedicated Commis Chef to join the fantastic team at our site in Bolton, BL5 1EE. This is an exciting, permanent, and full‑time opportunity reporting to the Catering Manager on site. The role will assume responsibility for all food production across breakfast and lunch service from one main kitchen and support with planned ad‑hoc hospitality throughout the year.

Job Details

Aramark provides world‑class contract catering services to our extensive list of clients across the UK, including Defence and Judicial, private industry and Education. We are lucky to have some of the best Culinary and Catering talent that the UK has to offer working within our teams. You must be eligible to work in the UK and have resided in‑country for more than 3 years. Security checks are required for this role.

This is a full‑time position, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Shift range between 7am and 2.30pm leaving your evenings free - a rarity when you work within culinary/hospitality.

Benefits

• Free meals, parking, and gym access.
• We are offering a salary of £23,740.99.
• You will have access to MyStaffShop which includes 100s of discounts, including savings on your weekly supermarket shop and weekend treats.
• We also offer a company package including life assurance, pension contributions, generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy more, and many more benefits.
• You will also be joining a talented team, with fabulous career prospects that could lead to all sorts of opportunities - we LOVE to promote from within.
• We are passionate about developing our people from within; great training and development is available. We also offer apprenticeship schemes, so that your learning journey can continue.