Job title: Agency Chef
Location: South Yorkshire
Contract type: Temp
Starting on: Immediate start available/ September 2025
Rate of pay: Mon- Fri from £16.00 + Holiday pay per hour
Weekends from £17.00 per hour + Holiday pay per hour
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 chef, you will work in different venues providing vital cover to ensure that our clients can provide a great food offer to their customers.
Benefits:
- Paid weekly
- Hourly Pay
- Flexible working hours
- Free meals whilst on duty
- Free Parking available in most locations
- Opportunities to gain experience in diverse venues
Key information:
- Immediate Start
- Choose your working days and we will match you with 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:
- Knowledge and ability to independently and effectively run the kitchen
- The ability to supervise, engage and teach Commis Chefs and Kitchen Assistants
- The ability to delegate tasks appropriately
- Ability to work without close supervision and deliver quality work
- Strong ability to produce good quality food and first-rate culinary skills
- Strong organisational skills
- An ability to work unsupervised and consistently deliver quality work
- Experience of a variety of kitchen environments and cuisines
- Awareness of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
- Good maths/numeracy skills
- Good oral communication with all members of the team
- Prepare, cook and present food as per your station
- Prepare food to ordering during service as per your station/section e.g. meat, fish, vegetables, pastry, butchery, sauces, grill, starches, starters, fry, pantry and roast
- Ensure you and your team have high standards of food hygiene and follow the rules of health and safety practises in the kitchen
- Monitor portion and waste control to maintain profit margins
As a Chef you will be/have:
- 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
- Good team management skills
- Team player qualities and the ability to work well with staff at all levels in the kitchen
- Positive and approachable manner
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced kitchen
- A cool/calm/level head when under pressure and during a busy service
- *In the care sector need a basic awareness of allergens, special diets, portion control and recipe costings, under guidance from the Sous Chef or Head Chef
Qualifications/Licences/Certifications/Experience
- City & Guilds 706/1 or 706/2 in Catering
- NVQ/SVQ Level 2 (or equivalent)
- Enhanced DBS
- Level 1 and 2 Food Safety Awards
- Minimum 1 year's relevant experience
- Awareness of manual handling techniques
- Awareness of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) and chemical safety
- Experience of kitchen equipment including different knives
- Understandable level of English spoken and written
- Any health and safety and food hygiene courses
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