Our client a prestige garden centre situated in a beautiful Estate is seeking a quality, driven inspirational Commis Chef who will make a contribution to the growth of the business over the next few years.

The 70 cover Café, serves a contemporary breakfast menu, light lunches, snacks, daily specials, Afternoon Tea, coffees and home-made cakes with as much as possible sourced locally. The Estate also hosts, and caters for a program of events throughout the year.

We are seeking an experienced, friendly and professional Commis Chef or Catering Assistant to contribute in all aspects of delivering excellent quality and service to their customers.

Chef Responsibilities & Duties:
-To assist in the preparation, cooking and presentation of short order food to the highest standards in a clean, tidy, safe and pleasant environment.
-To prepare and cook sufficient food to provide the agreed amount of customer choice with minimum wastage.
– To ensure all food preparation is carried out in accordance with food hygiene procedures.
– To ensure food is prepared to required standards checking for taste, presentation and quality.
– To ensure food is served promptly and work is carried out quickly and efficiently to keep up when busy.
– To ensure portion control, preparation and storage methods, avoid wastage and keep down costs.
– To assist in completion of the weekly Kitchen Diary.
– To ensure the kitchen and service area are clean, tidy and attractive during service.
– To deal with customer/staff requests promptly and politely.
– To ensure you know all about the food being prepared.
– To be fully conversant with food allergen legislation and ensure that all food items prepared/sold in the Café have the required allergen information available.

The Café is open 7 days per week and you will be required to work 5/7 days. This Commis Chef / Catering Assistant role is a full-time position (primarily day time shifts) and working alongside the Head Chef and one other Chef de Partie. It offers the advantage of daytimes hours with occasional evenings required for special events.

The Café is located in a rural setting, so own transportation is essential.

If you are a Chef or Catering Assistant looking for a role with daytime hours and a great work life balance whilst cooking with fresh locally sourced ingredients, please apply now!

Scattergood’s are acting as an agency on behalf of this vacancy. In line with UK Immigration and Employment Law, only applicants eligible to live and work in the UK need apply. For this position, and other live vacancies, please visit our website www.scattergoods.co.uk

Do you like mornings? Can you cook a seriously good egg? Then you may be our clients next Breakfast Chef!

Our Client, a fantastic leisure venue based near Weybridge, with a busy onsite restaurant are looking to recruit a Breakfast Chef for their operation.

With no late-nights or evenings plus fixed shift times to allow you to balance work and home, this could be the best job in the kitchen.

To be the Breakfast Chef you will need to be committed to the role and highly organised. You will often be working independently so will need to be confident to manage a busy breakfast service. It is essential you have the skills to confidently prepare and cook the breakfast menu.

As the Breakfast Chef you will be running the breakfast service, ensuring all standards are maintained throughout. You will be responsible for the prep of all breakfast items for the following day and assist the kitchen team with lunchtime service.

This Chef position offers a fantastic work life balance, competitive rate of pay and great benefits.

Scattergood’s are acting as an agency on behalf of this vacancy. In line with UK Immigration and Employment Law, only applicants eligible to live and work in the UK need apply. For this position, and other live vacancies, please visit our website www.scattergoods.co.uk

Are you looking for a fantastic new job as a Chef in Guildford in leafy Surrey? If so, then we could have the role for you! Scattergoods is working with a prestigious independent school to recruit a full-time chef to join their large school catering team. The position comes with an attractive salary of £21,000 and a positive work-life balance.

In this catering role, you will be responsible for catering for breakfast, lunch, and dinner service and work 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend work required. The school caters to approximately 1,000 students for lunch and 160 students for breakfast and supper.

To apply for this chef job, you should have :
Proven craft skills
A passion for fresh food
Be qualified to NVQ level 2 in professional cookery or equivalent (preferred)

In return for your passion, skills, and commitment, you will earn a favourable salary of £21,000 (or £10 per hour) and enjoy some excellent employee benefits – as well as a good balance between your job and personal life.

If you’d like to apply for this Chef role in Guildford, Surrey, please get in touch with us today. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Scattergoods Agency Ltd was established in 1975 as Surrey’s specialist in Catering and Hospitality recruitment. Scattergood’s has since gone from strength to strength and currently supplies permanent and temporary staff to a wide range of clients, many of whom have used our services from the start.

Our team of professional consultants has a Catering or Hospitality background, which we believe is essential to offer in-depth knowledge in recruiting personnel for such diverse catering operations. Our expertise within the industry ensures we understand specifics and are always available to discuss requirements in detail and offer career advice.

Scattergood’s are acting as an agency on behalf of this vacancy. In line with UK Immigration and Employment Law, only applicants eligible to live and work in the UK need apply. For this position, and other live vacancies, please visit our website www.scattergoods.co.uk

Our client is a prestigious golf complex set in beautiful surroundings in Surrey.

They are currently recruiting for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Commis Chef to join their existing team in a fast-paced kitchen. The right candidate will be given extended training and development for one year. Then on completion of the year the right candidate will be offered a Chef de Partie position.

The kitchen provides service to a bar, weddings, conferences and various events.

As the Commis Chef/Trainee you will assist the kitchen in maintaining and enhancing high levels of food service, kitchen standards, health and safety and cleanliness.

The Commis Chef role will include learning to prepare, cook and serve functions and events, grill orders and other relevant tasks required in a busy kitchen.

You should have some recent experience in a kitchen environment, be enthusiastic and highly motivated.

You will be required to work on a variable shift pattern, including weekends and Bank Holidays.

This Commis Chef position offers an excellent salary, great benefits and keen golfers also have the opportunity to play for free during week days as well as free use of the driving range
facilities.

Accommodation is also available upon request if required.

If you are looking for a trainee chef role with a fantastic company that can offer training and fast career progression then this is the role for you!

Scattergood’s are acting as an agency on behalf of this vacancy. In line with UK Immigration and Employment Law, only applicants eligible to live and work in the UK need apply. For this position, and other live vacancies, please visit our website www.scattergoods.co.uk

Do you have previous chef experience, but looking for some flexibility?

If so, this role may be of interest. Scattergoods is helping busy establishments around Farnborough and the surrounding areas to find Temporary Chefs. The role pays up to £15 an hour, with flexible hours to suit you. The job is being offered on either a full-time or part-time basis, working from 1 day a week to 7 if you wanted it!

Your chef duties will include working collaboratively with the kitchen team and management, producing attractive and appropriate menus and dishes.

In your role as a Temporary Chef, you should expect to undertake the following:
●Assisting to ensure kitchen operations run smoothly and effectively at all times, completing tasks as appropriate
●Ensuring all food produced meets the standards of quality of the client
●Maintain an overall professional approach
●Ensuring that the assets such as cooking equipment, machines, storage facilities, interior and exterior fabrics, etc., are well looked after.

Our Temporary Chef pay rates are from £13 to £15 per hour. Previous chef experience is essential, along with a customer-focused mind-set and an inclusive approach to teamwork.

If you’d like to apply for this Temporary Chef role in Farnborough, please contact Scattergoods today. We look forward to hearing from you.

Scattergood’s are acting as an agency on behalf of this vacancy. In line with UK Immigration and Employment Law, only applicants eligible to live and work in the UK need apply. For this position, and other live vacancies, please visit our website www.scattergoods.co.uk