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Premium Village Inns; Winkfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A premium hospitality group is seeking a candidate for a Commis Chef apprenticeship in England. This position offers the opportunity to learn culinary skills while working with fresh ingredients. Responsibilities include assisting chefs in food preparation, cooking, and maintaining safety standards. Candidates receive on-the-job training, 30 paid work hours per week, and enjoy benefits like discounts and holiday pay. The apprenticeship lasts 12 months and includes flexible shifts.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday

40% discount in any of our pubs

High street shopping discounts

Flexible hours

Cash incentives

Birthday box

Qualifications

• No prior experience necessary; full on-the-job training provided.
• Ability to maintain kitchen and food safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Assist in food preparation and cooking high-quality dishes.
• Maintain cleanliness of stations and assist with deliveries.
• Contribute to stock rotation and kitchen organization.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Ambitious

Ability to work in a team

Willingness to learn

Job description

We are looking for enthusiastic and ambitious individuals who would like a career in hospitality. This is the opportunity to learn a skill which will feed you forever. You will be using fresh ingredients and have the chance to learn from our amazing skilled chefs.

A job you can enjoy

The apprenticeship is made up of many varying responsibilities including:

• Assisting in the food preparation process
• Cooking and preparing elements of high quality dishes
• Preparing vegetables, meats and fish
• Assisting other Chefs
• Helping with deliveries and restocking
• Assisting with stock rotation
• Cleaning stations
• Contributing to maintaining kitchen and food safety standards.

Finding the right balance between your work and your lifestyle is really important, with a Commis Chef apprenticeship you will often find that your shifts include days, evenings and weekends so be sure to consider your home and family commitments and choose a career that enables you to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

The apprenticeship will last 12 months and you will be working towards your Commis Chef Level 2 Apprenticeship.

No experience is necessary & you will receive full on the job training. You will also receive at least 30 hours a week paid work, 25 days paid holiday, 40% discount in any of our pubs & high street shopping discounts.

You will be paid hourly with a share of the tips.

We also offer!

• Flexible hours to work around your life.
• A fun working environment in a friendly team.
• Development opportunities if you want them.
• Day 1 perks of working for Upham! (We don’t make you wait 3 months)
• High St discounts.
• Friends and family discount.
• 40% off Charming Bedrooms estate
• Cash incentives.
• Birthday box to help you celebrate.

It’s a place you can develop

• Opportunity to progress.
• Job security, no zero hours contracts.
• Working with a premium offer / group.
• Small company where you are treated as an individual.
• Your opinion counts.

What do we do?

We own a collection of beautiful and individual premium pubs across Southern England. Our pubs are in idyllic settings in country villages and towns, where we are proud to be the quality local of the area, serving high quality fresh pub food in a cozy pub ambience. Most of our pubs have some Charming Bedrooms as well. New to our growing family is Harper’s Steakhouse, a new premium American Steakhouse brand that we started rolling out last year.

It’s an exciting time to join us!

Upham Inns is growing, and we want you to grow with us and be part of our success. We’ve been busy investing in our business and we are seeing some great results. So, we want to continue to grow our pub family and we are looking to recruit passionate people into our team.

We are looking for great people to join us

Our company is big enough to support you but small enough to care about your individual needs. We are a friendly, hands‑on team who have a passion for running great pubs. We are always on the lookout for like‑minded people who have the desire to work and grow with us.