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Chef Apprenticeship
As a Chef with Nicholson's pubs, 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
- You don’t need any experience as we can teach you everything!
- Willingness to learn
- Passion for cooking
- Pride in your work
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
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Benefits
- Wage:
- 16-20 year olds: £10.85 per hour
- 21+ year olds: £12.71 per hour
- Training: Production Chef (Level 2) Apprenticeship standard over 15 months.
- Hours: 30 hours a week, shift work including bank holidays, evenings and weekends.
- Duration: 1 year 3 months
- Start Date: Tuesday 4 August 2026
- A massive 33% discount across all our brands.
- 20% discount off all of our brands for friends and family.
- Wagestream – a financial toolkit that helps you manage your finances and allows you to access your earned pay when you need it.
- 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 – work hard, play hard!
- Pension
- 28 days paid holiday
- High-street shopping discounts
- Free shares
- Free employee helpline
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- After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.
About Nicholson’s pubs
Nicholson’s pubs are a friendly bunch with nearly 150 years of experience running pubs, so we know a thing or two about great food, drink and classic British hospitality.
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