Head Chef - Monday to Friday

Thomas Franks Ltd; Turriff; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wider wallet discounts

Free meals on duty

Volunteer leave

Enhanced parental leave

Cycle to work

Recommend a friend bonus

Training & development

Apprenticeship programme

Social events

Employee assistance programme

Pension plan

Career progression

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd in Aberdeenshire is seeking an experienced Head Chef to lead a new catering operation at Greens, supporting a major infrastructure project. You will manage a growing kitchen team, develop menus from fresh seasonal ingredients and ensure high standards of food hygiene and customer service.

Initially, service will run from a modern food truck before transitioning to a modular kitchen and dining complex, with scope to shape the flagship operation and brand across this contract

Qualifications

• Genuine interest in food and excellent customer service.
• Team player who collaborates effectively.
• Creative approach and passion for great food.
• Organised with strong attention to detail.
• Able to communicate clearly in verbal English.
• Able to communicate in written English.
• Experience in customer or food prep environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• To work well in a team, providing breakfast, lunch & hospitality.
• To produce food using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following brand standards.
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Great team player.

Skills

Food passion

Customer service

Team player

Innovation

Attention to detail

Verbal English

Written English

Food prep experience

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: Up to £ 38,000 per annum
Hours: 40 per week

Lead a kitchen that fuels one of Scotland's most important infrastructure projects.

We are seeking an experienced, passionate, and hands‑on Head Chef to lead catering operations at Greens, Aberdeenshire, a remote workforce compound facility supporting personnel working on a critical energy infrastructure project with our client BAM for SSEN.

This is a unique opportunity for a chef who enjoys working within a close‑knit team environment, providing high‑quality food and hospitality services to the workforce on site. You will play a vital role in ensuring workers receive nutritious, varied, and enjoyable meals that support their wellbeing and performance throughout demanding project schedules.

During the initial mobilisation phase, foodservice will operate from a modern, high‑specification food truck facility, providing freshly prepared meals and hospitality services to a growing workforce. As the project develops, the successful candidate will lead the transition into a purpose‑built modular kitchen and dining compound, taking ownership of a significantly expanded catering operation.

This phased approach offers a rare opportunity to establish standards from the outset, build your team, influence menu development and help create a flagship catering operation from the ground up.

Join us at Greens and help deliver the food and hospitality experience that powers a critical SSEN infrastructure project.

We are looking for a talented Head Chef to join our team at one of our locations in Greens,Aberdeenshire.

If you are a current Head chef or Sous Chef working with fresh ingredients and in a fast paced environment then please apply today.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities:

• To work well in a team, providing breakfast, lunch & hospitality.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Great team player

You will have the following skills:

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised person with attention to detail
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and creative chef to advance their career in a dynamic environment. You'll have the chance to work with fresh ingredients, develop innovative menus, and take on a leadership role while contributing to a thriving kitchen.

If you're ready to take the next step in your culinary career, we’d love to hear from you!

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer Scotland Schools

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced PVG, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the PVG Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind‑over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under‑represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.

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