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Apprentice Chef
Shire Horse (Stafford)
1 Hurricane Close (ST16 1GZ)
Closes in 27 days (Wednesday 28 October 2026)
Posted on 30 September 2026
Wage
£11,388 a year
Training
- Training Course: Production chef (level 2)
- Training Provider: LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
- Duration: 1 year 3 months
Work
What you'll do at work:
- Prepare, cook, and present food that meets specifications and customer expectations.
- Maintain hygiene levels and safety regulations in the kitchen.
- Communicate clearly with your team to provide high-quality meals on time.
- Keep up to date with new products, menus, and promotions.
Training
- Delivered through work-based training, including face-to-face sessions and remote team calls.
- Obtain Functional Skills in English and Maths with tailored support.
- Reviews every 12 weeks with feedback sessions.
Course Contents:
- Prepare and cook pre-portioned fresh and frozen meat, fish, and poultry to business standards.
- Prepare and cook fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables to business standards.
- Prepare salad vegetables to business standards.
- Cook various types of dishes including poached, simmered, steamed, boiled, braised, stewed, baked, grilled, and fried.
- Regenerate dried and frozen ingredients and dishes.
- Undertake stock control, storage, and rotation.
- Communicate professionally with colleagues, line managers, stakeholders, and customers.
- Work as part of a team to support service delivery.
- Follow specifications to produce, portion, and present food.
- Manage own time to ensure allocated tasks are completed.
- Use techniques for maintaining good mental health and wellbeing.
- Use feedback to improve own performance.
- Prepare and close down an area for service.
- Use problem-solving techniques to resolve routine and non-routine issues.
- Maintain prep and par levels according to business need.
- Clean and maintain manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking tools, equipment, and technology.
- Follow standard operating procedures to select and safely use appropriate knives and boards.
- Monitor and record food temperatures and manage allergens.
- Apply hygiene management techniques to maintain a safe clean work environment.
- Reduce the waste of resources, acting to measure and reduce plate waste, exercise portion control, and maximise yield.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines, and procedures.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion legislation and organisational policies.
- Deliver to key performance indicators to support the production, performance, and budget within own area of responsibility.
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Requirements
- Desirable Qualifications: None required
- Skills: Team Working, Organisation
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About this Employer
Greene King is the country's leading pub retailer and brewer, running over 3,100 pubs, restaurants, and hotels across England, Wales, and Scotland. With a rich heritage of over 200 years, they brew award-winning beers and operate managed, tenanted, leased, and franchised pubs from their headquarters in Bury St. Edmunds.
After this Apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. With Greene King and Lifetime Training, you will have the chance to further your career across their well-known brands.
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Contact for this Apprenticeship:
- Organisation: LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
- Email: recruitment@lifetimetraining.co.uk
- Phone: 0117 244 3332
- Reference Code: VAC2000056486
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