Apprentice Level 2 Food production
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Company: Southcare Homes Group
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Location: Lewes, BN8 5ES
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £19,968.00 per year
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Sector: Catering and hospitality
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Ref: NAS-2000044211
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Application Deadline Date: 10/08/2026
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Start Date: 10/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Working 3 days a week 9.0am - 7.00pm days will be flexible (TBC). Rota completed 3 weeks in advance. One alternate weekend day will be expected.
Brief Description
We are looking for someone who wants a career as a chef/cook and wants to learn working alongside our trained chefs in a care home environment. You will learn to provide nutritionally balanced foods, different textures, different diets as well as how to operate a clean kitchen and work to the highest standards according to EHO.
Training to be Provided
- Production Chef Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
- Training will be onsite at one of our homes. Lime Tree House
- Lewes Road, Ringmer, Sussex, BN8 5ES
Future Prospects
- If a chef position is available, then we may offer to the candidate. We have 5 homes in total
- If they stay with us, then we will offer further training
- Once they have this qualification they may decide to work in another area of food production and elsewhere
Vacancy Detail
- Understand how a kitchen works including use of equipment
- Understand what is required in compliance to ensure the kitchen is managed in a clean way to prevent and control infection
- Have an understanding of Environmental Health
- Prepare, cook and present foods, all diets, consistencies and nutritional balanced
- Practice communication skills and record what has been provided
- Work as part of a team
Other Information
- Pass a Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Have a passion for working in catering
- Can provide 2 references from someone who has known them 2 years but is not a friend or family member