The Royal Navy - Catering Services ( Production Chef Apprenticeship )
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Company: Royal Navy
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Location: Hampshire, PO2 8BY
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £20,400.00 per year
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Sector: Catering and hospitality
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Ref: NAS-1000255358
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Application Deadline Date: 01/06/2026
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Start Date: 02/06/2026
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Positions Available: 100
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Working Week: Working week 40 Hours Shifts TBC Total hours per week: 40.00
Brief Description
Travelling around the world, your job will range from cooking for the ship's company on board warships or Royal Marines on land operations, to serving a fine dining experience to politically influential VIPs and Royalty. Responsibility for ordering, receiving, and accounting for provisions to sustain the menus you write ashore and at sea.
Training to be Provided
At the end of your Apprenticeship training you will have achieved:
- Level 2 Apprenticeship – Production Chef
- Off-the-job training will be conducted in Hampshire in the South of England
- On the job training can be carried out in a wide variety of locations on land or at sea around the world or in the UK
- Other qualifications
- Foundation Food Hygiene Certificate
- Health and Safety Certificate
Future Prospects
- You’ll start your naval career as an Able Rate. With experience and further training, you could be promoted to Leading Hand and beyond
- If you show the right commitment, skills, and academic ability, you could become a Commissioned Officer
- Members of the Royal Navy are promoted on merit. Work hard and you can rise through the ranks
Vacancy Detail
- The Royal Navy represents the United Kingdom worldwide, forging new alliances and maintaining old ones. Being a Caterer in the Royal Navy is a career that is literally miles from anything you could do at home
- Taking responsibility of ordering, receiving, and accounting for provisions to sustain the menus you write and there’s a good chance you could be at sea for months at a time, the role of Caterer becomes about a lot more than food
- You’ll be at the centre of keeping morale high and health at its optimum while you are on board, while maintaining excellent standards of personal, food and kitchen hygiene
- Ensure compliance with procedures, menu specifications and recipes and produce food meeting portion controls, and budgetary constraints
- Adapt and produce dishes to meet special dietary, religious and allergenic requirements and follow, complete and maintain production schedules, legislative and quality standard documentation
- Use specialist kitchen equipment, communicate internally and externally with customers and colleagues and commit to personal development activities
Other Information
The Royal Navy represents the United Kingdom worldwide, forging new alliances and maintaining old ones. Being a Caterer in the Royal Navy is a career that is literally miles from anything you could do at home.
Taking responsibility for ordering, receiving, and accounting for provisions you’ll be at the centre of keeping morale on board.