Apprentice Chef

THE KING'S SCHOOL, ELY

Ely, CB7 4DL

Closes in 31 days (Monday 2 December at 11:59pm)

Posted on 24 October 2024

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Summary

King’s Ely is seeking a talented and dedicated chef to join our vibrant school. You will be working in the catering team at our boarding school. This involves ensuring students receive nutritious and enjoyable meals. This apprenticeship allows you to enhance your culinary skills with opportunities to develop your understanding and training.

Annual wage
£17,017 a year

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Training course
Commis chef (level 2)
Hours
Shifts dependent. 7am-3pm or 11am-7pm

38 hours a week

Possible start date

Thursday 30 January

Duration

1 year

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • Meal Preparation: preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner for students according to the school’s menu plans, whilst understanding dietary requirements and preferences.

  • Food safety and Hygiene: maintain high standards of food safety, handling, cooking and cleanliness.

  • Teamwork: Ability to work well in a team, often collaborating with other kitchen staff and school personnel.

  • Serving meals: Help to prepare dining areas ready to serve food to students and staff.

  • Organisation: Strong organisational skills to manage multiple tasks and ensure timely meal service.

  • Menu Planning: Collaboratively working with the kitchen staff to put together a school menu suiting student’s nutritional needs

  • Skill Development: Enhance your culinary skills with opportunities for professional development and training.

Where you’ll work

King's Ely School

Monastic Barn

The College,

Ely

CB7 4DL

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

CAMBRIDGE REGIONAL COLLEGE

Your training course

Commis chef (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Contribute to reviewing and refreshing menus in line with business and customer requirements
  • Use technology for the development and production of dishes and menu items in line with business procedures and guidelines to achieve the best result
  • Check food stocks, report on shortages, prioritise food that is close to expiry and keep the storage areas in good order
  • Prioritise tasks, ensuring food items meet the required quality standard and in the required time frame
  • Measure dish ingredients and portion sizes accurately
  • Use a range of craft preparation and basic cooking skills and techniques to prepare, cook and finish dishes and menu items in line with business requirements
  • Use correct knives and knife skills when preparing food and use the correct equipment when preparing, cooking and finishing food
  • Correctly store and use food items and commodities when preparing, cooking and finishing dishes to deliver a quality product that is safe for the consumer
  • Apply correct preparation and selection methods when using fresh produce in dishes
  • Complete preparation and cooking tasks to a high standard, delivered on time and presented as described within the recipe specification
  • Maintain a clean and hygienic kitchen environment at all times, complete kitchen documentation as required
  • Work with others to ensure dishes produced are of high quality, delivered on time and to the standard required
  • Choose methods of communication that achieve effective team working
  • Develop own skills and knowledge through training and experiences
  • Deal with team challenges and problems constructively to drive a positive outcome
  • Effectively manage resources to meet specifications and control waste
  • Follow safe systems of work reporting risks in the appropriate manner

    • Your training plan

    The practical training period of the Commis Chef Level 2 Apprenticeship is the time dedicated to the development of the knowledge, skills, and behaviours for which includes the following components:

    • A Commis Chef Apprenticeship at Level 2
    • On-programme assignments and practical assessments
    • Workplace portfolio of evidence
    • English and maths at Level 2 must be achieved
    • Food Hygiene qualification
    • Food Preparation qualification

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 3/D)
    • Maths (grade 3/D)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Presentation skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Creative
    • Initiative

    About this company

    Kings is a boarding school with over 1000 pupils. At the Monastic Barn, we prepare over 1500 meals per day over breakfast, lunch and dinner services.

    https://www.kingsely.org (opens in new tab)

    Company benefits

    You will be provided a uniform and you will be able to get meals whilst on duty.

    After this apprenticeship

    If a job is available, you may possibly get a position as a commis chef in the kitchens.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    CAMBRIDGE REGIONAL COLLEGE

    Hannah

    01223 418778

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000282063.

    Apply now

    Closes in 31 days (Monday 2 December at 11:59pm)

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