3,047 Chefs jobs in the United Kingdom

We at Blue Arrow can offer our casual workers:
* Weekly Pay
* Temp to Perm opportunities
* Competitive Hourly Rate
* Flexible Working - You choose your own shifts
* Paid Holiday
* Career Guidance

What we need from you:
* Previous experience in a similar role
* Food & Hygiene Certificate (Can be provided if necessary)
* Strong communication skills
* Availability & Reliability

Desirable qualities:
* Food & Hygiene Level 2 (can be provided if necessary)
* Driving licence or access to reliable transport

Reach out to Tasha at Blue Arrow Aberdeen to discuss further.

Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people.

Berry Recruitment are currently recruiting for Chefs to cover Schools in the Stoke, Stone and Stafford area.

Are you an experienced Chef , looking for your next challenge? Do you require more suitable working hours to fit in around your personal commitment's?

Based in Stafford, we are an established catering and hospitality agency who work all over the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Shropshire area. Chefs are required in all areas.

An in date Enhanced DBS is essential although we can assist you to purchase a certificate.

We offer excellent pay rates, hours to suit, and the chance to work at some great schools and colleges. You must be a committed, driven, motivated and fully flexible Chef .

15.00 to 21.00 per hour depending on experience.

Immediate vacancies available.

Please call the Berry Recruitment, Stafford Branch office for further details.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.

erry Recruitment are currently recruiting for Chefs to cover Schools in the Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull area.

Are you an experienced Chef , looking for your next challenge? Do you require more suitable working hours to fit in around your personal commitment's?

Based in Stafford, we are an established catering and hospitality agency who work all over the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Shropshire area. Chefs are required in all areas.

An in date Enhanced DBS is essential although we can assist you to purchase a certificate.

We offer excellent pay rates, hours to suit, and the chance to work at some great schools and colleges. You must be a committed, driven, motivated and fully flexible Chef .

15.00 to 21.00 per hour depending on experience.

Immediate vacancies available.

Please call the Berry Recruitment, Stafford Branch office for further details.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.

Chef work immediately available
Croydon and surrounding areas in Surrey & South East London, 16-24p/h
Blue Arrow are recruiting for all levels of chefs to join our team, working at various client sites around Croydon, Bromley, Epsom, Gatwick, Redhill, Reigate and SE London.
Our sites include schools, pre-school nurseries, care homes, contract catering units, restaurants, hotels and more.

Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people.

Craft, Creativity and Community! These are our values, and they go far beyond corporate waffle. In fact, they set the tone for everything we do. We are excited to be recruiting for our casual workforce, across some of our venues exclusive venues! By joining our casual workforce you will get the chance to work across multiple sites on a flexible schedule that suits your needs!

Main Responsibilities

Based in busy kitchens, your main tasks will be to:

• Prepare delicious food to menu specifications, ensuring that Levy standards and procedures are followed.
• Ensure all ingredients are available for the entire menu matrix.
• Take pride in your business and share agreed standards with your team.
• Assist with new team members by giving respectful and encouraging coaching as needed.

• Weekly pay
• Flexible working hours
• Casual Worker App, allowing you to select shifts from over 100 workplaces
• eLearning App for all mandatory a skill expansion training or learning
• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme

join Our Team of Temporary Agency Chefs in Bracknell

Are you a talented chef looking for flexible work opportunities?

Look no further!

Our agency is seeking skilled chefs to join our dynamic team in Wokingham and the surrounding areas.

Starting November 2025

Why Join Us?

* Competitive Pay: Earn from £15.50 per hour.

* Flexible Hours: Choose shifts that fit your schedule.

* Diverse Work Environments: Gain experience in various kitchens and cuisines, including nursing homes, schools, golf clubs, garden centres, business, and industry.

* Great Benefits: Enjoy holiday pay, weekly pay, and flexible hours.

* Supportive Team: Be part of a community that values your skills and growth.

Requirements:

* Proven experience as a chef.

* Ability to work in fast-paced environments.

* Strong culinary skills and creativity.

* Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

* Driving licence advisable.

Qualifications:

* NVQ Level 2 in Catering or equivalent.

* Level 2 Food Hygiene certification.

* Strong culinary skills and creativity.

* Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

* Awareness of manual handling techniques

Join us and cook up a storm while enjoying the flexibility you deserve

Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people.

DBS relief chefs, Schools & Care homes

Location: Derby, Derbyshire and surrounding areas

Establishments: Schools Care & Nursing homes Retirement villages and nurseries.

Contract type: Temporary - some contracts may lead to permanent after successful period.

Hourly rate/Salary: £16p/h - £17 p/h

Part time - this will be suitable for any chefs looking to pick extra hours around their current job or commitments

Full time- this would be suitable for any chefs looking for full time work with the option of flexible work too.

Imagine working as a chef, having a great salary and getting paid for every hour worked, along with having the flexibility of when you work for a better work life balance.

We are currently looking to recruit several Enhanced DBS Cooks and chefs of all levels to support our clients in and around Derby and Derbyshire. You will also be supporting Schools, nurseries, retirement villages & care home environments, whilst they are recruiting and for any sickness and absences. You will be working for several contract catering environments based within the Derbyshire areas, however as we also cover a lot of East Midlands regions, we can also cover Nottingham and Staffordshire too.

Why Apply?

• Great pay rates
• Weekly pay
• Dedicated consultant
• You choose the hours to work flexible shifts
• Your very own app and portal to accept work on the go
• No paper timesheet all hours confirmed via the app.
• Chance to gain more hours around current jobs and commitments.
• Mixtures of shifts.
• PAID FOR EVERY HOUR WORKED
• Different working environments - every day is different

The Commute:
As we cover a large number of locations across Derbyshire your commute will vary. If you have a car and are flexible with locations, great, if you're limited to public transport, we'll only send you to places that have public transport links and provide you with all the information you will need to get there.

The working environment:
The role you will be working in, is mainly schools and care homes working within contract catering, and cooking to dietary requirements i.e textured meals. You will also be involved in some of the serving and will come in contact with patients and children.

Working Hours: You can choose your working rota each week, the working hours will vary from site to site and may result in more/less work depending on your flexibility.

The hours you will be working in a school or nursery are day shifts across Monday to Friday, usually working anything from 7/8am till around 2/4pm

If you are working within any care homes or retirement villages you will be working 5 days out of 7 which will require weekend. The hours tend to be anything from 6/7am starts until 5/6pm finishes

Requirements and skills:

• You will have extraordinary attention to detail
• You will have knowledge of stock management and ordering
• You will enjoy working with different people
• Have the ability to work within various environments
• Available to cover ad hoc last minute sickness requests for our clients this can be on the same day.
• You will have the skills to manage small teams
• You will be able to work under pressure and work with a variety of teams
• You will enjoy being flexible and managing your own diary
• You will be qualified within professional cookery to City & Guilds 706/1, 706/2 or equivalent
• You will have at least 2 years background working as a chef
• You will be Senior Chef De Partie level or above
• You will have your own chef whites and knives

An in date Enhanced DBS DATED WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS ideally on the new updated service programme, without this we cannot work you in Schools or Care homes. (we do have the Facilities to put you through one at a cost if needed, this would benefit you in offering more work.)

So if you think this is just what you're looking for then CLICK APPLY TODAY our online registration process takes less than 10 minutes to complete, perfect for those chefs who have multiple tasks to juggle!

Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people.

Area Sales Manager (North West/West Yorks) - Chefs/Ex Chefs Wanting to get into Field Sales

Salary £45,000 Basic, Excellent Bonus, Company Car & Superb Benefits including a Really Good Pension Scheme + 25 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays

What an unbelievable opportunity this is for Chefs or Ex Chefs with confident personalities to develop a career in Field Sales with a Market Leader.

The Company

• A Global Company and a Market Leader

• A Leading Supplier of Innovative and Premium Quality Catering Products

• A Trailblazer – Leading the way in their sector with a proven and progressive Business Model

• Provide superb Training in the UK and Overseas to all Area Sales Managers

• Provide brilliant pathways and career development opportunities for ambitious, driven and high performing professionals

The Role

• A unique role demonstrating and selling Catering Products to Catering End Users – eg Hotels, Restaurants, Gastropubs covering Lancashire & parts of West Yorkshire. Postcodes - LA, FY, PR, WN, BL, OL, HX, BB,

• Also to work closely with Catering Dealerships on the area to build relationships and channel business

• Develop Relationships with both existing and new accounts

• Effectively manage a sales territory to ensure maximum coverage and increase sales and profitability

• To work towards meeting and exceeding sales targets set

• To work Monday to Friday, normal working hours

The Person

• Ideal profile is a Chef or Ex Chef with some sales experience ideally foodservice sales experience but our client will consider Chefs or Ex Chefs with any sales experience

• Our Client will also happily consider Chefs or Ex Chefs who have no sales experience but are excellent communicators, very confident personalities and with the drive and hunger to be a success in a sales role

• A confident and effective presenter/demonstrator. A big part of the role will be demonstrating products to teams of people eg Kitchen staff so candidates must be comfortable and confident in this environment

• The ability and credibility to liaise effectively and professionally with Head Chefs, Executive Chefs, Development Chefs, Restaurant Owners etc

• Well organised with the ability to manage a large Sales Territory effectively and efficiently

• Live on or very close to the area in question

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