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Apprentice Production Chef
Pottergate Golf Club
LINCOLN (LN4 1JA)
Closes in 4 days (Monday 19 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 September 2026
Summary
Join Pottergate Golf Club as an Apprentice Cook and gain hands-on experience in a busy kitchen. You'll learn food preparation, cooking techniques, and kitchen operations while working towards a recognised qualification in a welcoming and supportive environment.
Wage £12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age. National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices.
Training
Training course
Production chef (level 2)
Hours
Usual working hours 8am – 4pm during the week, usually 2 to 3 days and some weekends. 30 hours a week.
Start date
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Duration
1 year 6 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
- Supporting the Head Chef in all aspects of kitchen management and food preparation, ensuring high standards of food quality and presentation.
- Prepare and cook a variety of dishes, adhering to established recipes and presentation standards.
- Ensure compliance with food safety regulations and maintain cleanliness in the kitchen.
- Ensure smooth communication between the kitchen and FOH teams.
- Assist the Head Chef in targeted policies to minimise waste.
- Assist with special events and catering services as required.
- Provide excellent customer service by responding to guest enquiries and feedback regarding menu items.
Where you'll work
MOOR LANE BRANSTON LINCOLN LN4 1JA
Training
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Training provider
LINCOLN COLLEGE
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.
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Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in: English and Maths (grade A*/9 – E/2)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
Pottergate Golf Club is a family-owned, community-focused sports and hospitality company located in Branston, near Lincoln. Established in 1990, the organisation operates as an inclusive, accessible hub combining sports facilities, public dining, events, and overnight accommodations.
https://www.pottergategolfclub.co.uk/
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay.
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Offer a position in our kitchen at Pottergate Golf Club. Allowed to further your career through experience.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LINCOLN COLLEGE
Kateryna Shevchenko
apprenticeships@lincolncollege.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000053181.
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