Kitchen Team Member City Screen York Picturehouse

Cineworld Cinemas Ltd; York; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits in a vibrant cinema kitchen, where you can kickstart your culinary career! As a Kitchen Team Member, you'll learn the essentials of cooking while contributing to a joyful dining experience for guests. Enjoy a supportive team environment that values creativity and inspiration. With no split shifts and a focus on work/life balance, this role offers a unique chance to grow your skills in a commercial kitchen. Join a company that prioritizes your development and offers fantastic perks, including free cinema tickets and discounts. If you're passionate about food and eager to learn, this is the perfect role for you!

Benefits

Free cinema tickets

In-cinema discounts

28 days holiday per year

Virtual GP

Cash back healthcare plan

Eye care scheme

Qualifications

• Entry-level cook/chef looking to learn kitchen fundamentals.
• Basic understanding of health & safety and food hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Support kitchen team in delivering high-quality dishes.
• Follow kitchen procedures for hygiene and cleanliness.
• Undertake daily cleaning duties and stock management.

Skills

Willingness to learn

Basic kitchen procedures

Health & safety protocols

Food hygiene

Stock management

Education

Entry-level cook/chef experience

Job description

What is the job?

Ready to take the first steps in your career as a budding chef and eager to learn the ropes in a commercial kitchen? There’s no better place to do this than the Picturehouse Cinemas Kitchen…yes you read that right!

It’s a place where you won’t do gruelling split shifts, and you get a work/life balance whilst learning how to deliver joyful experiences through food.

The position of Kitchen Team Member at our City Screen Picturehouse in York will have you supporting the Head Chef and other members of the kitchen team to continue to maintain the highest standards in cleanliness, food hygiene and of course amazing dishes for our customers, whilst building the fundamentals of a career as a chef.

What do you get?

• Pay is £12.35 per hour
• Hours: 40 hours per week (Full time employment)
• Free tickets for you and your friends/family + in cinema discounts, with your own Premiere Pass card!
• Picturehouse offers a wide variety of benefits; early pay access, all employees are entitled to 28 days holiday per year (pro rata), Virtual GP, savings on restaurants, gyms and high street brands, cash back healthcare plan, eye care scheme and loads more!

What will you be doing?

• You will be working with the rest of the kitchen team, supporting them to consistently deliver high quality dishes that meet company specifications and bring our customer's joyful culinary experience.
• You will need to follow all kitchen procedures to the highest standard such as health & safety protocols, food hygiene, stock management, cleaning, wastage documentation, deliveries and more.
• You will undertake daily cleaning duties which include but are not limited to crockery, pots, pans and removing rubbish when needed.
• You will help keep on top of kitchen cleanliness and food hygiene standards, ensuring that we are constantly meeting the highest level.

About you

• You are an entry level cook/chef that is looking to learn the fundamentals of working in a kitchen to build a career moving forwards therefore, having a willingness to learn and throw yourself into new challenges would be greatly appreciated.
• You have a basic understanding of kitchen procedures that need to be followed such as health & safety protocols, food hygiene, stock management, cleaning, wastage documentation and more.
• You are someone who enjoys working in a small team that supports each other, and you have a passion for learning how to deliver high quality food for customers.
• You will be a great fit if our values resonate with you: We Create, We Perform, We Inspire.

Who are Picturehouse?

Working at Picturehouse…just a whole load of Cinema’s, right? Wrong!

Picturehouse Cinemas is so much more than screens and popcorn! As part of the Regal Cineworld Group, we are cinemas in the heart of neighbourhoods, ingraining ourselves within local communities as social hubs; dedicated to 'sharing joy through extraordinary experiences'.

Each of our architecturally unique venues are places to eat, meet and relax, supplemented with a wide variety of productions ranging from live streamed Opera through to immersive showings of the big blockbusters, plus the best of cinema from around the world and more.

With an office in Leicester Square, London and cinemas countrywide we have a variety of roles that see our people working on either a hybrid or field based/remote basis.

One thing we pride ourselves on at the Regal Cineworld Group is our people and being able to support our people to pursue the career paths they want within the Cineworld & Picturehouse brands. We help YOU grow.

Do you feel like you don’t have all the experience listed but would love to explore a career at Cineworld? Please still contact [e-mail]. We understand that confidence gaps and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting incredible candidates, and we wouldn’t want this to prevent us from meeting you.