Chef Apprenticeship
Lifetime Training · London · RM6 4HU
About the role
Chef Apprenticeship 🧑🍳✨
Got a passion for food and a desire to be part of something awesome? 🚀 Join our team as a Chef Apprentice and let your culinary journey begin! Your delicious creations will be the reason our guests keep coming back for more. 🙌
We're a massive family with 19 brands and 1600 locations, meaning endless chances to learn, grow, and climb the ladder in our buzzing kitchens. 📈
What you'll be doing:
- Chatting openly with the whole crew to serve up killer food and service, always ready to lend a hand. 🤗
- Joining team huddles and dropping your brilliant ideas. 💡
- Whipping up, cooking, and plating food super fast, safely, and to perfection, hitting our brand standards. 💯
- Handling guest questions and issues like a pro. 😎
- Keeping our kitchen and back-of-house areas spotless and organised. 🧼
- Getting departments prepped and shut down, managing stock, and prepping ingredients. 📦
- Staying in the loop with what's happening, our latest deals, and new menu items. 📰
- Getting stuck into all our training, e-learning, and learning modules. 📚
- Always playing by the rules: brand standards, licensing, and company policies. ✅
- Nailing all the paperwork, due diligence checks, and cleaning tasks. 📝
No experience? No worries! We'll teach you everything you need to know. If you're eager to learn, love cooking, and want to be a vital part of our kitchen fam, we've got you covered! 🌱
Your Apprenticeship Journey:
Over 15 months, you'll work towards a Level 2 Production Chef Apprenticeship standard. You'll be in a full-time kitchen role, learning from experienced chefs, and earning a nationally recognised qualification. 🎓 Get ready to help run our kitchens, create amazing guest moments, and ensure quality never dips! 🎉
What the apprenticeship includes:
- No college needed! Our training is all work-based, with face-to-face sessions and remote check-ins with your Lifetime Learner Coach every 6 weeks. Plus, you'll have a mentor right there in the workplace. 🤝
- You'll gain Functional Skills in English and Maths if you need them. ✍️
- Regular catch-ups every 12 weeks with your coach and manager for feedback and progress reviews. 👍
Perks of being part of the M&B team:
- Once you've nailed this, it's just the start! Level up to higher apprenticeships. ⬆️
- A massive 33% discount across all our brands. 🍕🍔
- 20% off for your friends and family too! 👨👩👧👦
- Wagestream: manage your money and access earned pay early. 💸
- Paid qualifications to boost your skills. 💼
- Major career growth: around 200 Chefs get promoted to Head Chef each year! 🌟
- Gym membership discounts. 💪
- Team Socials: work hard, play hard! 🥳
Plus, you'll get:
- A pension. 💰
- 28 days paid holiday. 🏖️
- High-street shopping discounts. 🛍️
- Free shares! 💎
- A free employee helpline for support with whatever life throws your way. 📞
Your Wage:
- 18-20 year olds: £10.85 per hour 💵
Join us at M&B and be part of a supportive, valued team where you can be yourself and create amazing experiences for every guest. Let's make magic happen together! ✨ hospitality
Key responsibilities
- Prepare, cook and present food quickly, safely and efficiently to brand standard.
- Participate in all in-house training, e-learning and the completion of assigned learning modules.
- Ensure cleanliness and tidiness of the kitchen and back of house areas with great attention to detail.
- Have open communication with the entire team, assisting other team members whenever possible.
- Set up and closedown the department including stock rotation and prep and par process.