Apprentice Commis Chef
THE FOX RESTAURANT COMPANY LTD
Buckingham, MK18 1NT
Closes in 8 days (Friday 1 November)
Posted on 17 October 2024
Contents
Summary
You will work alongside one or more of our experienced kitchen team to produce food and learn all the jobs a chef has to perform at Prego.
- Annual wage
- £19,340 a year
- Training course
- Commis chef (level 2)
- Hours
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Varied days and shift patterns including weekends. Days and shifts to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 2 December
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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
Starting with the basics - you will learn the importance of a clean and organised kitchen, after this you will learn the importance of speed, organisation and accuracy in your work. Day to day you will shadow a chef and keep the kitchen on top of their daily workload - managing various parts of the customer journey.
Duties will be varied, but will include:
- Knife skills
- Dough preparation and management
- Kitchen prep and management
- Menu knowledge and preparing all of the dishes
- Shadowing a Chef to keep the kitchen operating efficiently
- Managing various parts of the customer journey
We offer many staff benefits!
Where you’ll work
18 High Street
Buckingham
MK18 1NT
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
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
Your training course
Commis chef (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
We offer all the training you will need.
- Commis Chef Apprenticeship qualification
- Functional Skills in English and maths level 1 if required, plus the level 2 test
- Study at Milton Keynes College - Bletchley campus
- Training schedule has yet to be agreed - details will be made available at a later date
- Prego Chef training, health and safety courses and food safety courses
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English and Maths (grade 4-9)
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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
About this company
Prego is a fun and vibrant Italian themed family friendly restaurant that has been trading for over 18 years. We trade 7 days a week serving food all day. Our kitchen team is very well established and we are now looking to add further to our team as the business continues to grow. We have a fun and friendly team that understand the importance of hardwork and team work. We believe in everyone doing well when the business does well so all employees are included in our profit share bonus scheme after a year of service. We also believe in everyone having a good work life balance so rotas are set 6 weeks in advance and every full time member of the team gets two days off a week.
After this apprenticeship
A permanent position may be on offer upon successful completion of the Apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000282821.
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Closes in 8 days (Friday 1 November)
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