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Chef Apprenticeship
As a Chef with Vintage Inns, 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 experience necessary - willingness to learn, a passion for cooking, and pride in your work are key.
- Team Working skills.
- Organisation Skills.
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.
- Complete all appropriate documentation, due diligence records, daily and weekly cleaning tasks.
- Participate and contribute to team meetings.
- Handle guest queries and complaints promptly and professionally.
- Adhere to brand standards, licencing laws and all company policies and procedures.
- Participate in all in-house training, e-learning and assigned learning modules.
- Maintain open communication with the team to ensure outstanding food and service.
- Assist other team members whenever possible.
What your apprenticeship includes:
- You will be working towards a Production Chef Level 2 Apprenticeship standard over 15 months.
- Work-based training with face-to-face sessions and remote Team calls with your Lifetime Learner Coach every 6 weeks.
- A mentor within the workplace to support you.
- Obtain Functional Skills in English and Maths (if you don't already have GCSE or equivalents).
- Reviews every 12 weeks with the Apprentice, Line Manager and Lifetime Learner Coach including feedback sessions.
- Specialist training sessions away from working.
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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.
- 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 to select and safely use appropriate knives and boards for the task.
- 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.
- 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.
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Benefits
- Wage: £16,926 a year (exact hourly rates: 16-20 year olds: £10.85 per hour, 21+ year olds: £12.71 per hour).
- Training course: Production chef (level 2).
- Hours: 30 hours a week, shift work including bank holidays, evenings and weekends.
- Duration: 1 year 3 months.
- 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 for managing finances and accessing earned pay.
- 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.
Application Process
- Closes Wednesday 3 June 2026 (note: the closing date is a guide, the vacancy may close early).
- After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.
About Vintage Inns Vintage Inns is a charming collection of rural pubs, featuring roaring log fires, traditional food, and a cosy atmosphere.
About Mitchells and Butlers Mitchells & Butlers is the leading restaurant and pub company in the UK with over 1,600 businesses, including famous brands such as All Bar One, Toby Carvery, Harvester, and Browns. They are committed to supporting, valuing, and enabling their employees to be themselves and work in a great team, making every guest feel welcome.
Contact
- Training provider: LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
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