Head Chef

4 weeks ago

Chelmsford, United Kingdom ARU Full time

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARUs research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UKs Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UKs leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the role:

The Catering Service in Chelmsford currently operates a main restaurant, coffee shop and provides hospitality for meetings and events. Your role as Head Chef is to lead the Chef Team, ensure the smooth running of our kitchen, create and develop our menus, and produce high-quality freshly made food for ARUs students, staff, and external clients. This is a hands-on role with the majority of a typical day working in the kitchen. Its an exciting time to join our team weve recently completed a major refurbishment of our largest catering outlet in Chelmsford and have a clear vision for the future of the Service. 

You will be a passionate foodie with creative flair, who keeps up-to-date with food trends. Youll be particularly excited by street food, but youll also be able to turn your hand to buffets and formal dinners. Youll have experience of working in a medium/large professional kitchen and possess a wide range of cookery skills, with a Level 3 qualification in Professional Cookery and a Level 3 Award in Food Safety. Youll have strong commercial awareness and be as comfortable costing menus as you are working in the kitchen. Youll be at ease liaising with suppliers, managing stock and placing orders.

Working hours will be mostly Monday-Friday during the day, however with advance notice there will be occasional evening and weekend work to cater for events. We offer paid overtime in return for additional hours worked. Our chef team dont work split shifts, and we offer bank holidays off in addition to a generous holiday entitlement.

If youre an experienced Head Chef or Sous Chef, with a positive attitude and a passion for food, wed love to hear from you.

Find out more about .

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our page for full details.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes:  

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification. 

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