Chef Apprentice

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About The Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Chef Apprentice to join our Catering Team. The role is based in our Hereford Head Office.
You will join a friendly, professional, and dedicated team, who pride themselves on delivering the highest standards of customer service.

In this role you will be learning about all aspects of working in a busy kitchen and will be supporting the Sous Chef and the Head Chef in the preparation of food and beverages across the allpay catering facilities.

Under the supervision of the Sous and Head Chefs, you will learn to produce high quality cakes, biscuits, and patisserie for sale throughout the week and for our special Friday afternoon cake and beverage offer.
Working closely with your team, you will learn to prepare a range of hot meals and options for the flagship restaurant. You will be preparing snacks, takeaway, and sandwiches.

You will learn how to develop a menu, you’ll learn about food hygiene, health and safety standards and help maintain the highest quality. You will also learn and assist with stock monitoring, ordering and storage, as well as catering waste management.

You’ll ensure the food in the main restaurant goes out at the right temperature, with the right presentation and the right proportions, working in cafeteria as required and prepare food as requested.
Please note that after 12 months in post, in line with the Government guidelines, the salary for this role will raise to £18,525 p.a.

Please note that your application will be forwarded to Herefordshire and Ludlow College, who are the training provider for this apprenticeship, and who may contact you to arrange their assessment.

About You
To be successful in this role, a friendly and approachable attitude will be essential.
You will enjoy working with people and learning about food. You will have an interest in catering and hospitality and will be keen to learn and develop within the industry.

You’ll have an excellent work ethic, work well as part of a team, and have high attention to detail.

Good numeracy and literacy skills will also be essential.
About Us
People are at the heart of allpay and we reward our employee with a competitive benefits package which includes, a defined contribution group pension scheme, income protection, life assurance, an array of health and wellbeing options including private healthcare cover and an onsite gym. This is coupled with our excellent Learning and Development offering.
We work with some great recruitment agencies. We don’t choose to partner with everyone. Explicit consent or confirmation must be received from our HR department before we accept CV’s. Contractual terms and specific campaigns must have been signed and agreed before you are considered a partner. We never accept unsolicited CV’s, EVER! Even from our trusted partners. We consider it “spoiling,” which does not endear you to us. By sending us unsolicited CV’s we deem these a free gift. If we choose to engage these candidates directly we will not pay you any fees. You will be deemed to have accepted this zero fee by providing unsolicited or spoiled candidates.

We are a company committed to Equal Opportunities.

All roles at allpay Limited are subject to successful background checks including a DBS and Credit Check.

Location: allpay Limited, Hereford HR1

Job Type: Apprenticeship

Salary: £8,610.50 per year