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Apprentice Kitchen Team Leader
Location: Darrington (Darrington) Old Great North Road (WF8 3BL)
Closing Date: Today
Posted on: 3 September 2026
Summary
Stop by the Darrington for your favourite money-saving meals! Found in the charming village of Darrington, just a short drive away from Pontefract Castle and Brockadale Nature Reserve, we make for the ideal family-friendly spot on your days exploring the area. Our menu provides meals that are large in size and low in cost from stacked burgers to tasty wings.
Wage: £13,218 a year
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
As an Apprentice Kitchen Team Leader with Hungry Horse, your motivational skills and passion for customer care make you the perfect person to lead our front of house teams. You'll ensure that each team member knows their stuff and can wow customers with a 5* experience.
- Prepare, cook, and present food to brand standards, ensuring every dish is served with pride
- Support and guide the kitchen team, helping to organise service and maintain high performance during busy shifts
- Deputise for the Kitchen Manager or senior chefs when required, helping to resolve issues and keep service running smoothly
- Ensure all food hygiene, health & safety, and cleanliness standards are consistently met
- Monitor stock levels, food preparation, and kitchen organisation to ensure efficient service
What you'll bring
- A passion for food and high standards in food preparation and presentation
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and support others
- A calm, organised approach, with the ability to think on your feet during busy services
- A commitment to maintaining excellent food safety, hygiene, and cleanliness standards
- A positive, can-do attitude and the ability to work as part of a close-knit team
Benefits
- Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands
- Free employee assistance programme - mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support
- Enhanced, family-friendly maternity and paternity policies
- Menopause Friendly Employer
- Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels
- Refer a friend - who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn up to £1,500 for referring them!
- Wagestream - access your wage before payday for when life happens
- Retail discounts - Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with Three Mobile along with many more...
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Training
You won't need to attend college, our apprenticeships are delivered through work-based training which includes a mixture of face-to-face sessions and remote Team calls with your Lifetime Learner Coach every 6-weeks. You will also have a mentor within the workplace to support you.
Training course
Senior production chef (level 3)
Course contents
- Supervise the production of centrally developed menu items and dishes according to organisational specifications.
- Ensure deliveries are checked and stored correctly.
- Monitor the correct use and maintenance of food production equipment.
- Acquire and share with the team up-to-date information regarding product range, brand development, promotions and current trends.
- Monitor the production of food to ensure clients’ needs are met.
- Monitor and ensure the effective implementation of food safety management systems.
- Monitor and ensure legislative compliance and the completion of due diligence documentation.
- Support team members to ensure the timely delivery of high quality food to the specification required.
- Maintain harmony across the team and with colleagues in other parts of the organisation, identifying and dealing with problems constructively to drive a positive outcome.
- Use effective methods of communication and operate in a fair and empathetic manner that achieves the desired result and demonstrates a customer centric culture.
- Identify development needs for self and team and actively encourage and support individuals to enhance their skills and knowledge.
- Effectively use techniques that support cost reduction, improve performance, revenue, profit margins and customers’ experience.
- Monitor costs, using forecasting to set realistic targets with the team.
- Effectively control resource allocation, minimise wastage and use sustainable working practices.
- Use technology to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Risk assess situations, identifying and isolating matters of concern, by establishing the cause and intervening accordingly to minimise risk to people and organisation.
- Carry out activities in line with business/brand values that actively market the business, support competitiveness and help meet business objectives.
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Training schedule
Senior Production Chef Apprenticeship Level 3 including Functional Skills in maths and English.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications: None required (grade None required)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience.
Skills:
- Team Working
- Organisation Skills
About this employer
Stop by the Darrington for your favourite money-saving meals! Found in the charming village of Darrington, just a short drive away from Pontefract Castle and Brockadale Nature Reserve, we make for the ideal family-friendly spot on your days exploring the area. Our menu provides meals that are large in size and low in cost from stacked burgers to tasty wings, our Chicken New Yorker and tasty sharers, there's plenty to choose from.
https://www.hungryhorse.co.uk/pubs/west-yorkshire/darrington
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay.
With Greene King and Lifetime Training, you will have the chance to further your career across our well-known brands - as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is: LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
Email: recruitment@lifetimetraining.co.uk
Phone: 01173143025
Reference code: VAC2000051567
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