62 Catering jobs in Bristol

As a Catering Assistant, you'll be part of a dynamic, fast-paced team, contributing to a positive and friendly work environment. The role offers numerous opportunities for growth within a company that values individuality and invests in its employees. Your hard work will be recognised and rewarded, making it an excellent chance to advance in a supportive setting.

Here's an idea of what your shift patterns will be: Variable shifts

Please note: This role is contracted to 49.2 weeks per year

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing delicious, high-quality food that delights our clients and customers
li>Crafting eye-catching food and counter displays that draw customers in
• Proudly representing Defence and and embodying our positive brand image
• Handling transactions with ease and operating the cash register efficiently
• Upholding the highest standards of Food Handling & Hygiene
• Ensuring a safe and healthy work environment by adhering to Health & Safety regulations

Our ideal Catering Assistant will:

• Bring a positive, can-do attitude to everything you do
• Show genuine passion for delivering exceptional customer service
• Excel as a supportive and collaborative team player
• Embrace the excitement of thriving under pressure
• Demonstrate impeccable time management and reliability
• Prioritise safety in every task you undertake
• Previous experience in a similar catering role is a bonus, but your enthusiasm is what truly matters

Part of Compass Group UK&I, ESS is the Defence, Government, and Energy services sector of Compass Group UK & Ireland. We support 250+ UK military establishments, high profile police, secure environments and government sites, along with a range of onshore and offshore facilities including platforms, drilling rigs, floatels and offices for the energy sector. We know that a friendly face makes all the difference, so we look for people who are passionate about delivering excellent customer service, at all levels, to join our teams.

Job Reference: com/0708/94375001/52631527/BU #Defence

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!

As a Catering Assistant, you'll be part of a dynamic, fast-paced team, contributing to a positive and friendly work environment. The role offers numerous opportunities for growth within a company that values individuality and invests in its employees. Your hard work will be recognised and rewarded, making it an excellent chance to advance in a supportive setting.

Here's an idea of what your shift patterns will be: Variable shifts

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing delicious, high-quality food that delights our clients and customers
li>Crafting eye-catching food and counter displays that draw customers in
• Proudly representing Defence and and embodying our positive brand image
• Handling transactions with ease and operating the cash register efficiently
• Upholding the highest standards of Food Handling & Hygiene
• Ensuring a safe and healthy work environment by adhering to Health & Safety regulations

Our ideal Catering Assistant will:

• Bring a positive, can-do attitude to everything you do
• Show genuine passion for delivering exceptional customer service
• Excel as a supportive and collaborative team player
• Embrace the excitement of thriving under pressure
• Demonstrate impeccable time management and reliability
• Prioritise safety in every task you undertake
• Previous experience in a similar catering role is a bonus, but your enthusiasm is what truly matters

Part of Compass Group UK&I, ESS is the Defence, Government, and Energy services sector of Compass Group UK & Ireland. We support 250+ UK military establishments, high profile police, secure environments and government sites, along with a range of onshore and offshore facilities including platforms, drilling rigs, floatels and offices for the energy sector. We know that a friendly face makes all the difference, so we look for people who are passionate about delivering excellent customer service, at all levels, to join our teams.

Job Reference: com/0508/94373001/52744565/BU #Defence

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!

Opportunity: Development Chef

Location: Bristol

Why Greencore?

We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

We work hard to ensure that Greencore is a great place to work, and our people truly are at the core. We're committed to ensuring all our colleagues have development plans and strive to provide inspiring leadership - in fact, in the past year we've seen an 11% increase in the number of colleagues who would recommend Greencore as a place to work.

Join us and be part of our great team!

What you'll be doing

As a Development Chef, you will play a crucial role in creating new and modifying existing recipes, ensuring they meet customer expectations, financial targets, and high-quality standards. This is an incredible opportunity to bring your culinary expertise to a dynamic manufacturing setting.

• Develop and refine recipes in our development kitchen, ensuring consistent quality, taste, and adherence to our great food agenda.

• Collaborate with the product development team to propose new raw materials and packaging solutions that enhance product appeal and maintain quality during transit.

• Accurately document recipes, methods, reheating instructions, and key measures such as pH, viscosities, and yields to ensure repeatable and scalable production.

• Present products in feasibility meetings, providing insight into their preparation and production processes.

• Set up and deliver professional internal and external product panels for submissions and benchmarking.

• Attend factory trial sign-offs to ensure production quality matches kitchen-developed standards, supporting cook sign-offs where required.

• Work alongside Head Development Chefs and Product Development Specialists to drive innovation and creativity within the team.

• Develop products that contribute to sustainability goals and align with the latest industry trends.

At Greencore, we put our people at the core. We celebrate individuality and help everyone bring their best to work. We are looking for a passionate chef with food manufacturing experience who can translate high-end restaurant standards into scalable, factory-friendly recipes.

You should have:

• Experience working within a food manufacturing environment, with a clear understanding of what is achievable in large-scale production.

• Hands-on experience in a manufacturing kitchen, developing recipes that can be efficiently produced while maintaining quality and consistency.

• A strong background in a fast-paced restaurant environment, demonstrating creativity and adaptability.

• Commercial awareness, with the ability to cost recipes and work within financial constraints.

• Strong presentation skills, with the confidence to communicate professionally with customers and stakeholders.

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits.

• Generous holiday allowance.

• Pension scheme (up to 8% matched contribution).

• Company share save scheme.

• Access to exclusive Greencore employee discounts.

• Greencore Qualifications and ongoing development opportunities.

• Full access to our Wellbeing Centre platform.

The Students' Union wish to appoint a Kitchen Manager to be based primarily in the Plug & Tub bar.

We are looking for a dedicated and experienced individual who can uphold the high standards of food quality, safety, and service that define the University of Bath’s catering services!

As the Kitchen Manager you will take responsibility for and manage all aspects of the kitchen, ensuring that procedures regarding financial control, food safety, HACCP, Health & Safety, and staffing are carried out within university guidelines.

You will produce quality food to menu specifications in a high turnover unit and for on-site functions & banquets as required, and ensure that your team adhere to the specific roles and responsibilities relevant to them that are included in the Food Safety Management System (FSMS).

You will work with the management team and undertake training to deliver projects that will develop food & beverage offering, management & customer service, and play a key leadership role within our culinary operations. 

This is a full-time role, working 36.5 hours per week, over 33 weeks per year (term time only) predominantly Monday-Friday, with occasional weekend and evening work.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Kelly Sheppard, Deputy Commercial Manager at .

At the University of Bath, we aim to create an inclusive and supportive working environment. If you're passionate about food, thrive in a team, and are ready to take ownership of a dynamic kitchen, we’d love to hear from you!

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; autism friendly university , committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff . 

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace  
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn .

Closing Date: 14 Aug 2025

Department: Operations & Facilities Support

Salary: £26,707 to £30,378 pro rata

If you love the smell of freshly baked bread and always work with a smile, then please read on!

We are looking for Head Bakers who have a passion to join the GAIL’s family and for training and developing others . You should be motivated by taking charge and want to be a positive role model. With no day being the same, you must be organised and clear talking to maximise your teams’ potential and to deliver our fresh food, bread and cakes to high standards whilst maintaining food safety standards.

You will be proving and baking items for our beautifully presented displays and know our products and recipes inside out.

Our bakeries open early so typically Kitchen Team Members will start early too – it will vary between bakeries but typically around 5:30am – 6:30am

As appreciation for being a Head Baker with great execution and effective leadership, we will treat you to amazing benefits including:

• Free food and drink when working
• 50% off food and drink when not working
• Pension Scheme
• Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants
• 24 hour GP service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Twice yearly pay review
• Development programmes for you to RISE with GAIL’s

Reference: CAR-CAT-SB-12-08-25
Job title: Chef - Newport - Contract Catering
Location: Newport, South Glamorgan
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: Starting Salary 30,000

The role:
Cooking for the staff and visitors to a busy industrial/distribution setting.
To provide excellent quality food production in relation to all kitchen areas, following department operating standards in relation to food specifications and departmental HACCP plan.

Key information:
* Full Time Contract - Opportunities to start straight away
* Monday - Sunday 40 hours 1-2 weekends a month
* Free Parking
Skills required:
* NVQ level 2 706 2 or foreign equivalent
* Enthusiasm and skill set
Benefits:
* Great overall package
* Opportunities to progress
* other benefits like free/subsidised canteen
* Pension and Paid Holiday
* Pay Rate reviews in May
* Free Parking
* Easily accessible with own transport
Recruitment checks for this role:
* Employment referencing
* Any major gaps in CV
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• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Quality bonus scheme linked to CQC rating
• Workplace pension
• A supportive and collaborative working environment
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• Access to high street discounts via our mobile friendly HapiApp benefits platform
• Free onsite parking available
• Unlimited Refer a Friend Bonus - up to £750 per referral - t&cs apply*
• Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health support and wellbeing services

• You'll be supporting the head chef in the planning and provision of high-quality meals that meet the nutritional and dietary requirements of our residents.
• Plan, prepare, and serve balanced meals that meet dietary requirements.
• Cater to individual preferences and specific medical needs, such as allergies or soft diets.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen.
• Collaborate with the care team to ensure meal times are enjoyable and fulfilling.
• To deputise for head chef during periods of absence and maintain high quality food offer at all times

• Proven experience as a chef, ideally in a care or similar environment.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices
• Committed to customer care and first-class service provision
• A recognised and appropriate qualification in food preparation/cooking, at least to NVQ level 2
• Basic certificate in Food hygiene.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety COSHH regulations
• Empathy and a desire to make a difference to the lives of our residents
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and on own initiative in a fast-paced environment

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Quality bonus scheme linked to CQC rating
• Workplace pension
• A supportive and collaborative working environment
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• Access to high street discounts via our mobile friendly HapiApp benefits platform
• Free onsite parking available
• Unlimited Refer a Friend Bonus - up to £750 per referral - t&cs apply*
• Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health support and wellbeing services

• You'll be supporting the head chef in the planning and provision of high-quality meals that meet the nutritional and dietary requirements of our residents.
• Plan, prepare, and serve balanced meals that meet dietary requirements.
• Cater to individual preferences and specific medical needs, such as allergies or soft diets.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen.
• Collaborate with the care team to ensure meal times are enjoyable and fulfilling.
• To deputise for head chef during periods of absence and maintain high quality food offer at all times

• Proven experience as a chef, ideally in a care or similar environment.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices
• Committed to customer care and first-class service provision
• A recognised and appropriate qualification in food preparation/cooking, at least to NVQ level 2
• Basic certificate in Food hygiene.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety COSHH regulations
• Empathy and a desire to make a difference to the lives of our residents
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and on own initiative in a fast-paced environment