Job title: Agency Relief Chef Blue Arrow - Northampton
Location: Northampton
Contract type: Temporary
Starting on: June 2024
Rate of pay: Mon- Fri - Minimum £15 per hour - Enhancements for evening and weekends

Are you wanting to choose the hours you work and be paid for every hour you work? Do you enjoy working in a variety of different kitchens gaining experience in all sectors of our industry? If the answer is yes, then we would love to hear from you.

The role: You will be working for one of the UK's leading recruitment agencies providing chefs cover to a variety of catering and hospitality business. Our clients are: Hotels, Golf clubs, Sporting Venues, Private clubs, Garden centres, Retirement villages, Schools, Colleges, Universities, Pubs, and Restaurants along with many other catering and hospitality venues. As a relief agency chef, you will work in different venues providing vital cover to ensure that our clients can provide a great food offer to their customers. You choose the shifts, location, and kitchens you work in.

Benefits:
* Paid weekly
* Hourly Pay
* Ability to choose the hours you would like to work
* Free meals whilst on duty
* Free Parking available
* Chance to gain experience in a variety of different venues
* Training and development available

Key information:
* Immediate Start
* Choose the days you would like to work, and we will match you up with the most suitable shifts
* Work Monday to Friday or just weekends - The choice is yours.
* Variety of shift patterns available for full time and part time hours

Key responsibilities include:
* Preparing & serving fresh meals
* Ensuring high standards of food hygiene are achieved at all times
* Working as part of a team to ensure a great food offer and service Skills required:
* Experience working as a chef preparing 100+ meals on a daily basis
* Ideally you will have experience working as a Chef for a variety of different hospitality venues
* Strong attention to detail
* Enthusiasm and willingness to develop your own skills and knowledge, plus those around you
* Flexible and have a willingness to embrace new ideas and processes
* Team player qualities and the ability to work well with staff at all levels in the kitchen
* Positive and approachable manner
* Able to stay calm when pressure mounts or difficulties arise in service
* Understanding of allergens, special diets, portion control and recipe costings Qualifications/Certifications:
* Level 2 food Hygiene qualification
* An enhanced DBS check will be required for work in Schools and Care homes and other environments with children and vulnerable adults Working as part of a team to ensure a great food offer and service Desired but not necessary
* City & Guilds 706/1 or 706/2 Catering
* NVQ Level 2 in cookery
* Level 3 Food Safety Awards
* Modern Apprenticeship route in cooking
* City & Guilds diplomas in professional cookery
* BTEC HND in professional cookery
* A foundation degree in culinary arts

If you've got what it takes to be our next Relief Agency Chef, then don't hesitate to apply today.

Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people