Chef

Job description

Working 37.5 hours a week, 5 days out of 7. The average shift is 8.30am - 4.30pm, we are flexible and shift patterns can be discussed at interview.

Weekend work required, you wont be required to work nights or split shifts and will be off onChristmas day and boxing day

A family home and a great estate. Glorious landscape garden surrounded by parkland with fine 18th-century houseWould you give away your family home for your political beliefs? Sir Richard Acland did just that with his Killerton Estate in the heart of Devon, when he gave it to the Trust in 1944. Today, you’ll find a friendly Georgian house set in 2,600 hectares (6,400 acres) of working farmland, woods, parkland, cottages and orchards.

With your passion for food and your appetite to provide an exceptional service to your customers, you’ll work with the National Trust Cookbook framework to prepare delicious food. Using your creative skills, you’ll use local produce to develop dishes to inspire visitors with our spirit of place. Working alongside the Head Chef/Food & Beverage Manager you’ll ensure our menu reflects the seasons, and each dish is fresh, tasty and beautifully presented every time.

As a team, you’ll strive for a culture of exceptional service and work effectively to deliver great results. You’ll be constantly seeking and developing new income opportunities and working to achieve financial targets and increase margins by minimising waste and controlling costs and resources.

Working alongside the team, you’ll ensure everyone is compliant with relevant legislation and internal processes including food hygiene and COSHH procedures. You may also be required, on occasions to supervise volunteers and other team members. You’ll be proud to share our valuable work with our customers, and look to maximise sales with new ideas so that the profit can be reinvested back into our conservation work.

Please also read the full role profile, attached to this advert.

As an experienced Chef, you’ll be passionate about food and be driven to exceed customer’s expectations by delighting them with the delicious food you create, prepare and serve:

• Customer focussed with great verbal and written communication skills

• A great team player

• Creative and proactive

• IT literate

• Qualified in food preparation and cooking to City & Guilds or NVQ L2 or equivalent

• Experienced in successfully delivering a centrally developed menu in a fast paced, catering environment

• Proud to deliver exceptional customer service

• Aware of good working knowledge of Health & Safety compliance requirements

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

Wherever you’re from, and whatever your background, we want to hear from you – and it doesn’t matter if you’re jam first, cream first, or even if you don’t like scones at all. Everyone is welcome.

Benefits for working at the National Trust include:

• Flexible working whenever possible

• Free parking at most locations

• Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.