Overview
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Salary: Highly competitive, dependent on experience and skills + Benefits and Overtime
Hours: Full-time, permanent (40 hours per week); no split shifts.
Location: Ampleforth Abbey, YO62 (on site) – 5 days over 7 per week.
Closing date: 3 October 2025
Benefits
* Up to 8% employer-matched pension
* Life assurance
* Free lunch during working hours
* Free on-site parking
* 20% discount at the Abbey Shop
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Christmas Closure
About Ampleforth Abbey
Ampleforth Abbey is home to the UK's largest Benedictine monastic community, rooted in the Rule of St Benedict. Our mission is to seek God through prayer and service, and to invite others to experience faith in action. Located in the Howardian Hills near York, the Abbey sits within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and welcomes thousands of visitors each year to its Retreat Centre, Visitor Centre, Shop and Tea Room. Ampleforth Abbey Trust, a registered charity, works alongside the monastic community to support this mission. With around 60 lay staff, the Trust delivers on a five-year strategy, choosing a Future Together, to ensure a sustainable, faith-led future for the Abbey and its valley home.
We are looking for a Head Chef who will embrace the opportunity to work in a charitable organisation preparing meals for our monastic community, tea room, employees and guests.
Main Responsibilities
* Taking a leading role in delivering quality food in our Tearoom as well as creating menu development.
* Working with the Executive Chef to ensure food for events and the Monastery.
* Monitor and ensure that the production, preparation, and presentation of food are of the highest quality at all times.
* Liaise with Head of Guest Operations and Finance regarding ordering stock and ingredients.
* Adhere to Health and Safety policies and regulations.
* Build great relationships with Front of House teams to demonstrate a shared passion for excellent guest experience.
* Continuously develop culinary knowledge and skills under the supervision of the Executive Chef as the organisation expands.
* Demonstrate a passion for hospitality and great food with previous experience of working as a Head Chef.
Experience & Qualifications
* Experience at Head Chef level or equivalent.
* Successful track record in supporting consistent and improved health and safety procedures.
Skills & Attributes
* Excellent communication
* Integrity, professionalism and a positive, agile mindset
Ampleforth Abbey Trust is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Interested in this Head Chef role? Please submit your latest CV if you possess the relevant skills and experience.
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