Chef Apprenticeship

As a Chef with Stonehouse Pizza & Carvery, your food is the reason guests keep coming through our doors! You'll thrive off the hustle and bustle of a fast-paced kitchen, pulling together as a team. With 19 brands and 1600 businesses, the opportunities to develop and grow in one of our kitchens are endless.

Requirements

• No prior experience required; training will be provided.
• Willingness to learn.
• Passion for cooking.
• Pride in work.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and present food quickly, safely and efficiently to brand standard.
• Ensure cleanliness and tidiness of the kitchen and back of house areas.
• Set up and closedown the department, including stock rotation and prep and par process.
• Keep up to date with business information, promotions and new products.
• Participate in all in-house training, e-learning and the completion of assigned learning modules.
• Adhere to brand standards, licensing laws and company policies and procedures.
• Complete all appropriate documentation, due diligence records, daily and weekly cleaning tasks.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 for knife and board selection and use.
• Monitor and record food temperatures and manage allergens.
• Apply hygiene management techniques to maintain a safe clean work environment.
• Reduce the waste of resources.
• Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines, and procedures.
• Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion legislation and organisational policies.
• Deliver to key performance indicators.
• Use manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking tools, equipment, machinery, and technology.
• Have open communication with the entire team to ensure the delivery of outstanding food and service.
• Participate and contribute to team meetings.
• Ensure any guest queries and complaints are handled promptly and professionally.

Benefits

• Work towards a Production Chef Level 2 Apprenticeship standard over 15 months.
• Apprenticeship delivered through work-based training, with face-to-face sessions and remote calls with a Lifetime Learner Coach every 6 weeks.
• Workplace mentor support.
• Obtain Functional Skills in English and Maths (if needed).
• Reviews every 12 weeks with the Apprentice, Line Manager, and Lifetime Learner Coach.
• Progression opportunities to higher-level apprenticeships.
• 33% discount across all Stonehouse Pizza & Carvery brands.
• 20% discount for friends and family.
• Wagestream financial toolkit.
• Paid qualifications.
• Opportunity for progression; on average 200 Chefs are promoted to Head Chef every year.
• Discounts on gym memberships.
• Team Socials.
• Pension.
• 28 days paid holiday.
• High-street shopping discounts.
• Free shares.
• Free employee helpline.

Application Process

• Apply to join the team.

About Stonehouse Pizza & Carvery

We love our pizzas, we love our roasts, but mostly we love our people.

Wages

• 16-20 year olds: £10.85 per hour
• 21+ year olds: £12.71 per hour