Chef Apprenticeship

As a Chef with Sizzling Pub & Grill, 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

• Willingness to learn
• Passion for cooking
• Pride in your work
• Team Working skills
• Organisation Skills
• No prior experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Have open communication with the entire team to ensure the delivery of outstanding food and service, promoting a supportive atmosphere where you assist other team members whenever possible
• Participate and contribute to team meetings, offering your valuable insights
• Prepare, cook and present food quickly, safely and efficiently to brand standard
• Ensure any guest queries and complaints are handled promptly and professionally
• Ensure cleanliness and tidiness of the kitchen and back of house areas with great attention to detail
• 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
• Always adhere to brand standards, licencing laws and all company policies and procedures
• Completing 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 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 (paid at an hourly rate: £10.85/hour for 16-20 year olds, £12.71/hour for 21+ year olds)
• Production chef (level 2) apprenticeship training course
• Shift work including bank holidays, evenings and weekends (30 hours a week)
• 1 year 3 months duration
• Ongoing support and development after apprenticeship completion
• Further progression opportunities to explore higher level apprenticeships
• 33% discount across all Mitchells & Butlers brands
• 20% discount off all brands for friends and family
• Wagestream financial toolkit
• Opportunities to grow with paid for 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
• Functional Skills in English and maths (if you don't already have GCSE or equivalents)

Application Process

• The closing date is Friday 5 June 2026. The vacancy may close early if a suitable candidate is found.
• After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.
• Apply now

About Mitchells & Butlers

Mitchells & Butlers is the leading restaurant and pub company in the UK with over 1,600 businesses, including famous restaurant and pub brands such as All Bar One, Toby Carvery, Harvester and Browns. Wherever you turn, you're sure to find a warm Mitchells & Butlers welcome that makes you feel right at home.

https://www.sizzlingpubs.co.uk/

Contact

The contact for this apprenticeship is: LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000029617.