Serco Plc
Breakfast Chef
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Breakfast Chef
Location: Lilleshall National Sports Centre, TF10 9AT
Salary: £13.35 per hour plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Full-time 39 hours per week. Thursday to Sunday, 6:00am to 2:00pm, with a 1:00pm finish on one day each week. (Breakfast is 0700-1000 and numbers can vary from 10-300 customers depending on trade in that time frame).
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As a Breakfast Chef in our Catering team, you’ll deliver a high-quality breakfast service that helps create a positive experience for guests and visitors at Lilleshall National Sports Centre. Your food, care, and attention to detail will help set the tone for each day while supporting a welcoming environment where our work touches lives.
From preparing freshly cooked breakfasts to maintaining high standards of food safety and presentation, you’ll play an important role in ensuring every guest receives excellent service. Working closely with the wider kitchen team, you'll help create impactful solutions that support customer satisfaction and contribute to a positive impact on our community of visitors, athletes, and guests.
What you’ll do as a Breakfast Chef
- Prepare and cook a high-quality hot breakfast service for guests and visitors.
- Set up, stock, and maintain the breakfast counter, ensuring food is presented attractively and replenished throughout service.
- Monitor food quality, portion control, and food temperatures in line with food safety standards.
- Maintain high standards of food hygiene, cleanliness, health, and safety, following Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) procedures and company policies.
- Support the wider kitchen team with food preparation for lunch, dinner, and special events as required.
- Manage stock rotation, minimize food waste, and report equipment faults or maintenance issues when identified.
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- Previous experience working as a chef, cook, or breakfast chef.
- Ability to work independently and manage breakfast service efficiently.
- Good knowledge of food hygiene and food safety practices.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to perform well during busy service periods.
- A reliable, professional, and proactive approach, with a willingness to support colleagues across the kitchen team.
What we offer:
- 20 days, 21 days after 1 year's service + bank holidays
- Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Free Gym membership
- Staff meal, physio discounts
- Serco discounts which include cinema, Merlin entertainment, online shopping, mobile phone plans, and leisure center memberships.
- Interesting, varied, and enjoyable work
- A company that recognizes your contribution
- All Leisure Benefits - Trust and Serco Leisure Employee Benefits
- Inclusive colleagues including veterans, LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
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A little bit about us:
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure, and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation, and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.
Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritize your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).
For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.
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