Apprentice – Production Chef

Location:

Ely (CB7) – Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, United Kingdom

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

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Other Industries & Skills:

Health, Nursing & Social Services, Manufacturing

Advertiser:

Sanctuary Group

Job ID:

130996221

Posted On:

23 August 2024

 

Apprentice Chef

Millbrook House, Lodge Close, Soham, Cambridgeshire CB7 5WN
£14, # per annum

37.5 hours per week

Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for a Apprentice Chef at Millbrok House.

At Sanctuary Supported Living, we specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible.

We’re a national organisation, but we’re not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We’re committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence.

No matter your job – delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams – your work makes a difference every day.

And working with us isn’t just another job. It’s rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people’s lives. Plus, we’ll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

Though we refer to the position as Chef, it is also known as Demi Chef, Line Chef, Cook, Chef de Partie (CDP) and Commis Chef.

The role of Apprentice Chef will include:

-Delivering a high-quality versatile catering service that caters for our customers’
-individual needs, including special diets
-Managing the food and labour budget, through careful rota planning, purchasing and control of food supplies, to ensure that menus can be delivered, and the kitchen works within the relevant budgetary levels for the Taste restaurants
-Receiving and amending of orders, food stock locations and audits, input of weekly labour entries and daily cash records within the specified time requirements
-Managing the Food Safety Management System and having responsibility for the team understanding and implementing it
-Scheduling cleaning and maintenance routines for all food services areas and kitchen equipment, to maintain high sanitation/safety standards
-Carrying out risk assessments and cleaning the kitchen to a high standard
 

Skills and experiences:

-A minimum of 2 GCSEs at grade D or E and above (grades 2 – 3) or equivalent in Maths and English
-Previous experience of working in a catering environment is preferred along with experience of cooking for various groups of people.
-Friendly and approachable attitude with the ability to interact with our customers, visitors, and colleagues.
 

Our Benefits

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental, and financial health, and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

-25 days leave rising to a maximum of 30 days (plus public holidays)
-A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
-Life Assurance
-Employee Advice Service including counselling
-Cycle to Work Scheme
-Voluntary health plans
-Employee discounts
-Wellbeing support and tools
-Employee recognition scheme
 

Please note that initial contact to shortlisted applicants will be via HIT Training who will be in contact for an initial discussion about the role and to run through their standard Apprentice eligibility checks.

Job Reference: #

Closing Date: 5 September 2024

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.

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