Hospitality Chef – Edinburgh Airport

CAVU; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading airport hospitality provider, where your culinary skills will contribute to creating memorable travel experiences. As a Chef, you will be responsible for preparing high-quality meals in a fast-paced environment, ensuring that every dish meets presentation standards. With flexible shifts and opportunities for career development, this role offers a chance to thrive in a vibrant setting. Enjoy a range of employee benefits, including free parking and discounts, while being part of a company that values diversity and inclusion. If you're passionate about hospitality and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Free on-site parking

Free Airport parking

Employee rewards portal

24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

MAG Pension scheme

Discounts on public transport

Discounts on MAG products

On-site discounts

Career development opportunities

Meals on duty

Qualifications

• Solid background in hospitality with high-end service delivery.
• Experience in high volume, fast-paced kitchen environments.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook a variety of foods following recipes.
• Maintain kitchen hygiene and stock levels while ensuring quality.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Numerical Skills

Analytical Skills

Flexibility

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Hospitality Chef – Edinburgh Airport

Based at Edinburgh Airport

Permanent role

Part- & Full-time options available

£14.14 per hour

Why CAVU?

For airports, for partners, for people. We are CAVU.

Formed from the union of MAGO, MAG USA and our network of direct-to-consumer brands - who together drive market leading passenger spend for airports across the world - we have combined our resources to address evolving passenger needs today and exceed them as we move forward into tomorrow.

From our revenue accelerating single platform technology, Propel, through to our world class hospitality venues including Hangar, 1903 and Escape Lounges - our solutions make travel more seamless and enjoyable for passengers and more profitable for our clients and partners.

Our name is taken from the aviation, meteorology term, ‘Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited’, which designates the perfect flying condition.

More than just a name, CAVU is our mindset. It represents all that we stand for. Our proud aviation heritage, our drive to push boundaries, and the very essence of what we do: creating seamless, enjoyable travel experiences for airport passengers.

The role

We are currently recruiting for a Chef to join our Airport Hospitality Team. Our Hospitality Lounges provide our customers with the very best start to their journey.

Principal Accountabilities include:

1. To follow recipes and/or product directions for preparing and cooking all varieties of foods.
2. Operate a variety of kitchen equipment.
3. Prepare foods to be cooked, including washing, peeling, cutting, and shredding.
4. Maintain the food offering ensuring presentation meets operating standards.
5. Maintain stock levels, receive delivery of supplies, ensure stored correctly, rotate and maintain.
6. Ensure floors are swept and mopped or vacuumed, ensure equipment is cleaned, sanitised, and stored correctly, and assist with clearing and organising the kitchen to uphold a high standard of hygiene.
7. To dispose of waste, including recycling, in the appropriate manner and if required to remove it to the designated location.
8. Liaise with subcontracted suppliers, Airline representatives, handling agents and booking agents to develop positive working relationships to ensure the efficient operation and development of the Lounge.
9. Assist in one-to-one training of new staff, including subcontracted supplier staff, to uphold the high level of presentation, hospitality and service.

Shifts can start as early as 3am and finish as late as 10:30pm; the successful candidate will need to be flexible to work between these hours.

What will make you successful in the role?

We are looking for a Chef who has/is:

1. A solid background in hospitality and service sectors, with a proven track record of high-end delivery.
2. A team player with an absolute first-class approach to customer service.
3. Experienced in and with demonstrable examples of flexibility across long trading days.
4. Numerical and analytical skills to process and interrogate data to provide performance information to deliver on budgets.
5. Computer literate on mainstream PC applications including Microsoft Office.
6. Experience of working in a high volume, fast-paced kitchen.
7. Experience of working on own initiative, capable of building solid and beneficial relationships both internally and externally.

Benefits:

1. As a MAG employee you will have access to some great benefits including:
2. Free on-site parking whilst on duty.
3. Free Airport parking when you go on holiday (subject to availability and pre-booking).
4. Access to our employee rewards portal with discounts and savings.
5. 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme.
6. MAG Pension scheme which doubles your contribution.
7. Discounts on public transport to work.
8. Discounts on MAG products such as Airport Hospitality Lounges and holiday parking at our Airports.
9. On-site discounts and heavily discounted staff shop.
10. Fantastic career development opportunities – We are the UK’s largest Airport Operator!
11. Tax-free Airside shopping in our departure lounge.
12. Meals on duty.

How do I apply?

Please submit your up-to-date CV and a covering letter detailing how you meet the role criteria.

Advert will close once sufficient applications are received.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women’s Network, Embrace - Race & Ethnicity Group, Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities including neurodiversity.