Apprentice Chef

If you want to make a career as a highly professional and skilled chef, then this is fantastic opportunity to start in a highly renowned and outstanding kitchen where you will learn skills and techniques, which are second to none.

You will learn to provide both high quality food and excellent catering service to the College under the supervision of the Executive Head Chef or the Sous Chef and the kitchen team. You will learn and understand how to carry out the basic functions in every section of the kitchen and have the opportunity to experience, consider and value each section with a view to choosing an area where you feel most inspired.

The catering operations jointly take place at Kellogg College at 62 Banbury Road in Oxford though you may be required to work on other sites should the need arise, including the college café, located in the adjacent “Hub” building.

Responsibilities:

• Under supervision produce meals/dishes to the standard set out by the Executive Head Chef/Sous Chef


• With support ensure the prompt service of all meals and services, at the required times, to the clients’ standards of satisfaction


• Learn all areas/sections of the kitchen and develop a good working knowledge of each


• Learn to ensure food waste is monitored and recorded on the food wastage documentation


• When necessary and rostered or requested to do so, carry out kitchen porter duties, such as washing and cleaning kitchen equipment and restaurant service China, cutlery and glassware


• Provide good customer service and assist, when necessary, with serving clients face to face


• Assist in ensuring the security of stores, cupboards and any other kitchen areas


• Attend to any other reasonable requests by the executive head chef, sous chef, restaurant manager or management of the college

Food Hygiene and Safety:

• Develop the knowledge and skill to carry out duties in accordance with the College Food Hygiene Policy and current Food Hygiene and Health and Safety legislation


• Under supervision become familiar with the College Fire Safety and COSHH policies and follow them


• To maintain a high standard of personal hygiene when working and to wear a clean uniform


• Develop the knowledge of appropriate Health and Safety clothing and equipment at all times and use them accordingly


• This job includes hazards or safety-critical activities. If you are offered the post, you will be asked to complete a health questionnaire which will be assessed by our Occupational Health Service, and the offer of employment will be subject a successful outcome of this assessment

The hazards or safety-critical duties involved are as follows:

• Work in hot or cold environments


• Regular manual handling


• Open food handling