Overview
As an apprentice Chef at Harvester, we will help you master our menu, with your food being the reason guests keep coming through our doors. You'll thrive in a fast-paced kitchen with the support of a close-knit team, because it's the people that make it all worthwhile.
Responsibilities
* Be a champion of brand standards
* Keep your kitchen clean
* Prepare everything that is needed before a busy shift
* Cook to spec and work with recipes
* Prepare and cook pre-portioned fresh and frozen meat, fish, and poultry to business standards
* Prepare and cook fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables to business standards
* Prepare salad vegetables to business standards
* Cook poached, simmered, steamed, boiled, braised, stewed, baked, grilled, and fried dishes
* Regenerate dried and frozen ingredients and dishes
* Undertake stock control, storage, and rotation
* Communicate professionally with colleagues, line managers, stakeholders, and customers
* Work as part of a team to support service delivery
* Follow specifications to produce, portion, and present food
* Manage own time to ensure allocated tasks are completed
* Use techniques for maintaining good mental health and wellbeing to support self and others, including asking for and giving help with daily tasks
* Use feedback to improve own performance
* Prepare and close down an area for service
* Use problem solving techniques to resolve routine and non-routine issues within scope of own role
* Maintain prep and par levels according to business need
* Clean and maintain manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking tools, equipment, and technology
* Follow standard operating procedures to select and safely use appropriate knives and boards for the task
* Monitor and record food temperatures and manage allergens during preparation, cooking, holding, and serving
* Apply hygiene management techniques to maintain a safe clean work environment
* Reduce the waste of resources, exercise portion control, and maximise yield
* Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures, including stress management
* Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion legislation and organisational policies
* Deliver to key performance indicators to support the production, performance, and budget within own area of responsibility
Apprenticeship details
* Production Chef Apprenticeship Level 2, including Functional Skills in Maths and English
* Wage will be: 16-20 year olds: £10 per hour; 21+ year olds: £12.21 per hour
* 15-month duration for the Production Chef Level 2 Apprenticeship standard
Additional information
* Includes a mixture of face-to-face and Skype/phone catch ups every 4 - 6 weeks
* On and off the job training, including workshops and webinars
* Reviews every 12 weeks with the Apprentice, Line Manager and Lifetime Trainer
* Feedback sessions to discuss progress
* Obtain Functional Skills in English and Maths (if you don't already have GCSE or equivalents)
* 30 hours paid work every week
* Benefits for M&B staff: 33% discount across all brands, 33% discount off a cosy stay at our Inn Keepers Lodges, pension, 28 days paid holiday, high-street shopping discounts, and potential to receive free shares
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