Prep Chef

St Catharine's College / University of Cambridge; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

St Catharine’s College in Cambridge seeks a Prep Chef to join their busy kitchen team. The role involves preparing vegetable dishes and salads, ensuring high-quality meals for students and guests. Ideal candidates will have kitchen experience and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year's experience in a kitchen environment.
• Ability to follow instructions from Section Chef/Kitchen Manager.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook basic vegetable dishes and salads.
• Assist the Kitchen Manager in providing high-quality meals.

Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Job description

St Catharine’s College, situated in the heart of Cambridge, has an opportunity for a Prep Chef to join our busy kitchen team. You will be working on either the veg or larder section, preparing and cooking basic vegetable dishes and garnishes or creating basic or composite salads and protein dishes. This is a Monday to Friday role working from 7.00am - 3.30pm (40 hours a week). The successful candidate will assist the Kitchen Manager in providing high-quality meals to our community and conferencing customers, in compliance with Food and Safety Regulations and College policies.

This role is varied, offering a broad range of cooking opportunities from everyday College meals for students and conference guests to fine dining for more formal events.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a minimum of 1 year's experience
• Have good communication skills
• Possess the ability to follow instructions from Section Chef/Kitchen Manager at all times
• Have accurate record-keeping skills and good attention to detail
• Have the ability to work under pressure

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Working arrangements

The full-time hours are 40 hours per week, to be worked Monday to Friday from 7am to 3.30pm.

Employment arrangements

• This is a permanent appointment (subject to a six-month probation period)
• Full-time salary of £26,308.80 per annum

Please visit the 'Join our Team' page for further details on our staff benefits.

Application process

• In order to apply, please submit a completed application form along with a covering letter or email outlining your suitability for the role. Please also complete and submit an Equality and Diversity monitoring form. If you would like to complete paper forms, please contact the HR team to arrange a time to collect documents from College.
• The closing date for completed applications is 9am on Monday 16 June 2025
• We will be screening applications as they are received, so we encourage early applications.