Apprentice Chef

2024 Winners of the Springboard Excellence awards in Employee Engagement & Health/Wellbeing*
As a Chef Apprentice with Eden Hotel Collection, you will be immersed in a vibrant learning environment within our collection of luxury hotels.
Our Academy will provide the opportunity for you to work with us on a full-time basis and to earn while you learn, setting you up with the very best skills, qualifications and experience to begin your career in the industry. We have partnered with HIT Training to create a Chef Academy, where you will attend 1-2 days of training per month either at a HIT Chef Academy site, with accommodation and travel costs covered or as a virtual session.
Back in your hotel, with the support of your Exec Chef you will learn on-the-job from exceptional chefs within a highly skilled kitchen brigade (we hold 2-3 rosettes in each of our Brasseries/Restaurants), whilst working with premium seasonal produce and high-quality equipment/tools.
We want to hear from aspiring Chefs who love the idea of creating amazing food from the best ingredients, have high standards and bags of flair and creativity along with:
A real and evident passion for food;
You will be working a minimum of 40 hours per week, across 5 days(inclusive of training days). Our hotels are busiest on Fri-Sunday, and so you should be prepared to work regular weekends.
within our kitchens, we would particularly welcome the addition of a greater representation of female chefs.
Enhanced annual leave - 31 days annual leave entitlement, rising to 33 days with service;
Fairly distributed Service Charge/Gratuities paid monthly;
Discounts and cashback across 800 high street and food retailers, gyms, days out, restaurants/takeaways and utilities.
Access to our wellbeing centre with Hello Fresh Recipes, fitness videos and money management tools;
Cycle to Work Scheme and Electric Vehicle Lease Scheme;
Health plans for dental, optical, alternative health care + 24 hour GP access;
Discounted stays, spa treatments, golf and leisure access across EHC properties;
anything from financial wellbeing to domestic violence and family friendly policies; our employee portal with regular team news;
Grow with us via apprenticeships and bespoke leadership programmes
Enhanced family friendly policies- we want to help you feel fully supported during any significant life events.
Return to work financial support for those returning from maternity leave;
Youll also get free parking, meals on duty, uniform etc.Our culture focuses on collaboration so we regularly involve our teams in helping to shape this via:
- regular surveys and forums that ask YOU for YOUR opinion;
- A commitment to Sustainability & Wellbeing with employee champions in every hotel & HQ;
Eden Hotel Collection is a passionate advocate of providing equitable workplaces, as such we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to EHC.