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Chef

Stafford
£13.45/hr
Posted 2 days ago
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Chef (Zero Hours) - Yarnfield Park, Staffordshire

£13.45 + excellent benefits including healthcare, wellbeing support, life assurance, meals on duty, and more.

Purpose of Role

To work in the kitchen ensuring the production of high-quality food and following of all legal requirements in line with contractual obligations and company expectations ensuring the delivery of excellent food and following of all health & safety and food safety requirements at all times.

Chef (Zero Hours) - The Role

  • To prepare, produce and serve high quality dishes
  • To prepare fresh food items for use in dishes
  • To follow recipes to company standard to ensure the allergen report is correct
  • To monitor portion size and wastage
  • To work in a safe manner to ensure safety of yourself and others
  • To communicate effectively with the front of house team to ensure successful service periods
  • To work ‘front of house’ on the servery as required
  • To communicate with guests in a professional manner
  • To adhere to all training / guidelines given for the following policies and procedures: health & safety, food handling, COSHH, uniform standards, personal protective equipment, manual handling and fire regulations
  • To ensure all displays and counters comply with company and statutory health and hygiene requirements including food information regulations
  • To complete and update all food safety and health & safety paperwork correctly during your shift to ensure full compliance
  • To be responsible for the cleanliness of the kitchen during and at the end of your shift, ensuring Health and Safety hazards, issues, near misses and accidents are reported to a senior member of the team at the earliest opportunity
  • To demonstrate a can-do attitude towards individual customer requests and strive to exceed customer expectations
  • To complete all compulsory training as requested by a senior member of the team
  • To follow all company and unit profit protection procedures, reporting any issues to your line manager
  • To assist with stocktaking as requested
  • To ensure all team members are treated with respect
  • To be flexible and comply with any reasonable requests made by your line Manager including if necessary, working within other units within reasonable distance
  • To be able to self-supervise when working alone and to ensure all safety guidelines are upheld

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What We're Looking For

  • A good communicator with the ability to liaise with customers and clients
  • An enthusiastic individual with a passion for excellent service delivery
  • Competent in the English language, both written and verbal
  • Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining a positive attitude
  • City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 Catering
  • NVQ Level 2
  • Basic food hygiene level 2
  • Minimum 1 years relevant experience
  • Experience within a similar role
  • IT literate

What You'll Get In Return

  • Competitive salary with bonus and full company benefits
  • Healthcare & wellbeing: Aviva Digicare, Medicash (dental, optical, therapy treatments)
  • Mental health support: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
  • Family benefits: Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. 2 days additional leave after returning from maternity leave, day off for your baby's first birthday, enhanced family leave
  • Perks & discounts: Shopping, entertainment, and travel discounts, 20% off Nuffield Health and 10% off PureGym memberships
  • Financial wellbeing: Pension scheme, Life Assurance, preferred rates on salary finance products
  • Development opportunities: Professional subscriptions, ongoing training and structured career pathways
  • Meals on duty included

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Why Join Us?

Great things happen when people get together in our spaces to meet and spaces to sleep at Yarnfield Park. From conferences, meetings, training, and every business event in between our venue provides an informal atmosphere where you and our guests can be themselves.

We combine our spaces with a bigger family. Yarnfield Park is part of The Venues Collection - a division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, the market leader in contract catering & support services.

Part of Compass Group UK&I, we are a grouping of seven easily accessible event spaces with hotel-like residential and leisure facilities, which all sit under the brand name The Venues Collection. Located across the UK, our venues all feature stylish and individual event spaces, including both contemporary and historic meeting areas. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses. Every day, our teams of passionate hospitality professionals strive for excellence in delivering employee dining and hospitality to some of the UK's leading workplace as well as inspiring exceptional experiences in iconic cultural and heritage destinations.

Job Reference: com/2408/M25406/52821494/R/SU #Venues Collection

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!

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Skills

Food Preparation
Cooking
Food Safety
Health & Safety Compliance
Allergen Management
Portion Control
Waste Management
Customer Service
Communication
Stocktaking
COSHH
Time Management
Teamwork
IT Literacy
Menu Execution
Kitchen Hygiene

Location

Stafford, England, United Kingdom

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