As Chef Apprentice with the Macallan Estate Experience, you will be part of the team that delivers the entire culinary experience across the Estate. This is a chance to train under and be inspired by a Head chef with multi Michelin experience. We are in search of an ambitious individual that aspires to be a chef with a positive and approachable manner who would thrive on the fast pace of working in a busy kitchen. We are looking for someone who wants to learn about kitchen operation, has a huge passion for food and willingness to learn, you will be working under close supervision and all training in all areas of the kitchen operation will be provided. \n· Preparation of ingredients for more senior chefs\n\n· Maintaining high standards of hygiene\n\n· Rotating food, putting away inventory and dealing with deliveries\n\n· Measuring ingredients and sizing portions accurately\n\n· Learning about food safety techniques\n\n· Preparing foods for mise en place, which involves chopping vegetables, stocking stations, organizing ingredients and partly cooking some foods\n\n· Ensuring full compliance of all food hygiene and health and safety regulations including HACCP, COSHH and all other distillery related due diligence and controls.\n\n· Ensuring all working areas are clean and tidy and ensuring no cross contamination.\n\n· All learning and development requirements are undertaken in good time and completed to a high standard.\n\n\n By law you must be 18 years or over to apply for this apprenticeship as The Macallan is a distillery. \n\nTechnical Skills:\n· Basic cookery skills\n\n· Good communication skills both verbal and written\n\n· Working knowledge of safe food handling and food rotation.\n\n· Is able to contribute to a safe and hygienic kitchen environment\n\n\nBehavioural Skills:\n\n· Confident, smart and takes pride in their appearance\n\n· Friendly and approachable to all customers and colleagues alike\n\n· Flexible approach to task and work activity\n\n· Strong personal standards of time keeping and a willingness to execute tasks perfectly\n\n· A strong sense of ownership and pride\n\n· Calm under pressure\n\nINSPIRE\nLeads by example, creates vision, clarity, and focus, brings out the best in others, demonstrates enthusiasm what they do, recognises others and celebrates success.\n \nCHANGE\nEmbraces change, demonstrates flexibility, challenges positively, continually seeks improvement, seeks out and values diversity of thought.\n \nCOLLABORATE\nCommunicates regularly and openly, makes connections beyond their own team, demonstrates inclusive behaviours, is culturally aware.\n \nENGAGE\nListens to others, gives and receives feedback, adapts communication style, demonstrates humility and respect, demonstrates empathy.\n \nDELIVER\nFocuses on key tasks and priorities, takes ownership for actions and decisions, resolves problems, demonstrates resilience.\n