Commis Chef apprentice

The Badger Inn are offering an exciting opportunity to join their team as a Commis Chef apprentice!

Gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to kickstart your career in this fast-paced industry.

Responsibilities

• Food Preparation: Assisting in preparing fresh ingredients from scratch, including washing, peeling, and chopping
• Basic Cooking: Learning and applying fundamental techniques like boiling, roasting, and grilling under senior supervision
• Kitchen Maintenance: Maintaining high standards of hygiene and cleanliness at workstations
• Stock Management: Assisting with receiving deliveries, checking quality, and managing stock rotation (FIFO)
• Compliance: Following all food safety, allergen, and health and safety regulations

Requirements

• Focus on potential and attitude rather than long-term experience
• Passion for Food: A genuine interest in the culinary arts and hospitality
• Reliability: Punctuality and the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Willingness to Learn: Being receptive to feedback and eager to develop new skills
• Teamwork: Strong communication skills and a collaborative attitude within the kitchen "brigade"
• Physical Stamina: Ability to stand for long periods and handle repetitive tasks

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider: CORNWALL COLLEGE Training course: Commis chef (level 2)

What you'll learn:

• Selects correct knife for task.
• Uses knives effectively and efficiently.
• Selects ingredients of the right quality that support sustainability and seasonality.
• Weighs, measures, and scales ingredients.
• Cooks from fresh producing complete dishes.
• Prepares, cooks, and finishes meat, offal, game, poultry, fish, and shellfish from whole; trim, de-vein, portion, break down, bone, skin, fillet, shell.
• Prepares, cooks, and finishes fruit vegetables.
• Prepares, cooks, and finishes sauces.
• Prepares, cooks and finishes pureed and stock based dishes.
• Prepares and cooks noodles, and fresh or convenience pasta.
• Prepares and cooks pulses and grains, including long and short grain rice.
• Prepares, cooks and finishes eggs or egg based dishes.
• Prepares, cooks and finishes leavened and unleavened dough products.
• Prepares, cooks and finishes sweet and savoury pastry products using short, sweet, and choux.
• Prepares, cooks, and finishes scones, biscuits, sponge cakes, and non-sponge cakes.
• Prepares, produces, and finishes hot and cold desserts.
• Stuffs, fills and panés across food types.
• Prepares and cooks dishes using alternative ingredients eg plant based, gluten free.
• Prepares fresh ingredients, including from whole, using them across a menu to reduce waste and improve sustainability
• Uses seasoning, spices, rubs, and marinades to flavour ingredients.
• Sears, grills, deep fries, shallow fries, stir fries, sautés, braises, stews, bakes, roasts, boils, poaches across food types.
• Portions, plates, finishes, garnishes, and presents individual dishes.
• Exercises portion control and acts to maximise yield.
• Achieves intended quality in terms of texture, flavour, and appearance
• Identifies and resolves errors during the production process.
• Assists in the resolution of feedback, complaints, and issues.
• Prepares, cleans and uses manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking equipment and machinery safely, correctly and efficiently.
• Applies food safety and allergen procedures, including monitoring temperatures, during preparation, cooking, and holding.
• Selects and applies hygiene management techniques to maintain a safe clean work environment, including personal hygiene, PPE, and uniform.
• Complies with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
• Undertakes stock control, storage, and rotation.
• Applies food safety and allergen procedures, and monitors and records food temperatures, on delivery and in storage.
• Follows equity, diversity and inclusion legislation and organisational policies.
• Uses techniques for maintaining good mental health and wellbeing to support self and others, including asking for and giving help with daily tasks.
• Communicates with colleagues, manager and other stakeholders in a professional manner.
• Works as part of a team to support service delivery.
• Uses feedback to improve own performance.
• Manages own time to ensure tasks are completed.