Chef Apprenticeship

Join us at Harvester, the nation's family favourite for feel-good dining. Famous for our fresh rotisserie chicken and unlimited salad bar since 1983.

Requirements

• You don't need any experience as we can teach you everything!
• Willingness to learn and be proud to work with us.
• Team Working skills.
• Organisation Skills.
• Ability to work shifts including bank holidays, evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Be a champion of brand standards.
• Keep your kitchen clean.
• Prepare everything that is needed before a busy shift.
• Cook to spec and work with recipes.
• Support the running of our kitchens.
• Create amazing moments for guests.
• Ensure quality never slips for our guests.
• 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.

Benefits

• Wage: £16,926 a year (16 to 20 year olds - £10.85 per hour; 21+ year olds - £12.71 per hour).
• 33% discount across all Mitchells & Butlers brands.
• 33% discount off a cosy stay at Inn Keepers Lodges.
• Pension.
• 28 days' paid holiday.
• High-street shopping discounts.
• Free shares.
• Ongoing support and development within the business.
• Funded qualification up to degree level.

Application Process

• Sign in or create an account.
• Apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.
• The closing date is Monday 18 May 2026, but the vacancy may close early if a suitable candidate is found.

About Harvester Harvester is the nation's family favourite for feel-good dining. Famous for our fresh rotisserie chicken and unlimited salad bar since 1983.

Mitchells & Butlers is a leading hospitality company that runs many famous restaurant and pub brands including: All Bar One, Sizzling Pubs, Vintage Inns, Harvester, Ember Inns, Toby Carvery, Crown Carveries, Castle, Nicholson's, Premium Country Dining Group, O'Neill's, Alex, Village Pub & Kitchen, Miller & Carter, Browns, Innkeeper's Lodge, Orchid Pubs and The Oak Tree.

Contact LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED Reference code: VAC2000027339 https://www.harvester.co.uk