Apprentice Chef - REF 14838

CROW WOOD LEISURE LTD
LANCASHIRE (BB12 0RT)
Closes on Friday 1 January 2027
Posted on 6 October 2026

Summary

Bertrams (Crow Wood) in Burnley are recruiting for an Apprentice Chef. The successful candidate will work towards completing a Level 2 Production Chef apprenticeship over the duration of 15 months.

Wage: £15,425.28 a year

Training course: Production chef (level 2)

Hours: 4 days working a week/30-minutes lunch break/hours to be discussed during interview. 36 hours a week

Start date: Wednesday 7 July 2027

Duration: 1 year 3 months

Positions available: 1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work:

• Knife skills
• Menu and dish preparation
• Allergen awareness
• Diet & nutrition
• Fish, meat, poultry, stocks, sauces, soups
• Butchery
• Food safety
• Hot & cold desserts
• General housekeeping of the working area

Where you'll work:
CROW WOOD LEISURE
HOLME ROAD
BURNLEY
LANCASHIRE BB12 0RT

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider: NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP CIC

Training course: Production chef (level 2)

What you'll learn:

• 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 poached, simmered, steamed, boiled, braised, stewed, baked, grilled, and fried dishes.
• 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 to support self and others, including asking for and giving help with daily tasks.
• 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 within scope of own role.
• 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 for the task, for example red handled knife and red board for raw meat.
• Monitor and record food temperatures and manage allergens during preparation, cooking, holding, and serving.
• Apply hygiene management techniques to maintain a safe clean work environment, for example COSHH, personal hygiene, and uniform.
• 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, including stress management.
• 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.
• Use manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking tools, equipment, machinery, and technology.