Title:  Chef

Your Aramark journey starts here

Do you love to create meals that put smiles on faces?
Are you wanting to work in a business who will offer you a great work life balance?
We are currently recruiting a Chef to join our fantastic team at Keogh Barracks, Aldershot, GU12 5RQ

Perks of the job

• Hourly rate of £13.78 
• Full time! 37.5 hours per week, 5 days out of 7 with variable shift patterns ranging between 6am – 9pm
• Discounted meals on duty
• Free on site parking
• Life assurance and Pension contribution
• Generous holiday entitlement - you can even opt to buy additional days!
• Cycle 2 Work scheme and Refer a friend scheme
• Love2Shop discounts, including savings on your weekly supermarket shop!
• You will also be joining a great team, with fabulous career prospect and could lead to all sorts of opportunities – we LOVE to promote from within!
• As we are passionate about developing our people from within, great training is provided.

What you'll be doing

• You’ll be cooking and preparing food ready for breakfast, lunch and dinner service
• Function work, up to silver service level food to be provided
• Work well as part of a team of chefs, supporting one another and communicating well
• Following recipe cards to prepare, cook and serve a range of meals
• Completing daily paperwork to cover due diligence
• Assisting with deliveries and stock checks
• Placing food orders and maintaining kitchen records
• To share responsibility with the Chef manager/Catering manager for the checking, probing and signing of all food deliveries
• To monitor and record temperatures of fridges, freezers, hot cabinets and serveries.
• Assisting in daily and weekly kitchen deep cleans
• Full knowledge of all menu items served
• Management of production and food levels to ensure minimal wastage
• Undertake relevant training as required

Experience

• Food Hygiene level 2 or higher
• Relevant culinary qualification
• Previous experience of working in a catering and/or Mess operational role preferrable but on the job training will be supplied.
• A confident chef 
• DBS Required