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Chef Apprenticeship
The Pie House at Cinderhill Farm LTD
Location: GL14 3HE
Closing Date: Tuesday 13 October 2026
Posted on: 28 September 2026
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- Work
- Training
- Requirements
- About this employer
- After this apprenticeship
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Summary
Join The Pie House at Cinderhill Farm as a Food Production Apprentice. Learn to prepare ingredients, fry and assemble products, follow food safety standards, and support our friendly production team while working towards an apprenticeship qualification.
Wage: £12,480 a year
Training course: Production chef (level 2)
Hours: Shift work including bank holidays, evenings, and weekends. Exact shifts to be confirmed. 30 hours a week
Start date: Tuesday 20 October 2026
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
Join The Pie House at Cinderhill Farm as a Food Production Apprentice. Learn to prepare ingredients, and assemble products, follow food safety standards, and support our friendly production team while working towards an apprenticeship qualification.
Working as part of our production team, you will learn how to make our range of sausage rolls, pastries, and other products safely and consistently. Day-to-day duties will include preparing ingredients, using ovens under supervision, assembling products, keeping work areas clean and organised, checking stock, and supporting the team to meet production plans. You will rotate across tasks as your skills develop and complete on-the-job and apprenticeship training.
What your apprenticeship includes:
- A mixture of face-to-face and Skype/phone catch-ups every 4-6 weeks
- A mixture of on and off the job training, including workshops and webinars
- Reviews every 12 weeks with the Apprentice, Line Manager, and Lifetime Trainer
- Feedback sessions to discuss progress
- Obtain Functional Skills in English and Maths (if you don't already have GCSE or equivalents)
- 30 hours paid work every week
At The Pie House at Cinderhill Farm, you will be working towards a Production Chef Level 2 Apprenticeship standard over the course of 15 months.
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Where you'll work
The Pie House at Cinderhill Farm Ltd. GL14 3HE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider: LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
Training course: Production chef (level 2)
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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
Desirable qualifications: None required (grade None required)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Team Working
- Organisation Skills
Other requirements
This is a hands-on food production role. You will be on your feet for much of your shift, complete repetitive/manual tasks and work around hot fryers and production equipment. Strict hygiene and PPE rules apply. Candidates must be able to travel reliably to the site.
About this employer
Cinderhill Farm is a values-led, environmentally conscious farm business with a strong connection to its land, animals, and local community. Based in a beautiful natural setting, the farm is committed to producing quality food while protecting and celebrating the character and richness of the surrounding area. https://cinderhillfarm.com/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab). Opportunity to develop into a fully trained Production Operative, with broader responsibilities across production stations. As the business grows, there may be opportunities to progress into senior production, team-leading, or specialist food production roles.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is: LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000053999.
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