Full time relief chefs - Derby

Full time relief chefs

£17 to £20 per hour Pay rate depends on chef level, job roles, shifts and experience. At the beginning of each job assignment, pay rates will be discussed before you start your role.

Shifts: Variety of shifts day shifts, evenings, weekends,

Contract - full time, we can also offer shifts to around your commitment needs, or to boost your hours and pay.

Blue Arrow East Midlands are looking for temporary agency chefs of all levels to help support our clients with temporary cover ranging from holidays, sickness or general recruitment support.

The main locations you will be covering is Derby & Derbyshire, however we do also supply to Nottingham and Staffordshire areas. Majority of our roles could easily lead to permeant work for you or be as flexible as you want it be.

Here at Blue Arrow Derby, we supply to a varied number of clients and environments ranging from hotels, restaurants, Gastro pubs, golf clubs, hotels, contract catering sites, Care homes, Schools, nurseries, prisons, and many more, we will look to place you in the most comfortable environments for you.

This is a great opportunity to build extra hours, work full time with some of our great clients in and around the East Midlands areas, along with building your current network and profile, and have exposure to different environments along with working on a flexible basis.

Type of chefs we are looking for:
We are looking for all levels of chef's which include the following:

• Cooks
• Breakfast chefs
• DBS Chefs / Cooks for schools care homes and prisons
• Chef De Parties
• Sous Chefs
• Head Chefs, Chef Managers, Catering Managers
• Event, conference and banqueting Chefs

Environments:

You will be required to work within some of our fantastic clients & chef brigades throughout the East Midlands. You will be cooking and preparing food to order with a team of catering assistants and chefs, working off a menu, ensuring the quality and specifications are followed. This is a great opportunity to put your own flare into some of the dishes that are created.

We have and are currently suppling to the following. I am sure we have something to fit your experience and needs

• Contract catering sites including industrial catering
• Garden Centres and farm shops
• Events and weddings
• Hotels, pubs, restaurants, golf clubs
• Schools, Nurseries, Universities, hospitals, Care homes and prisons - to work in these environments it would require an Enhanced DBS check - which we do have the facilities to put you through at a cost

Why Apply & Benefits to joining Blue Arrow
Blue Arrow is a Nationwide Agency based throughout the UK we have branches in all locations work is always on offer. A lot of our chefs who are registered with us enjoy working for Blue Arrow due to the flexibility around shifts, and we can offer both ongoing and short-term assignments. Another great reason is that you get paid a great hourly salary along with every hour worked, Some of our chefs have gained permanent roles with their perfect companies due to working in ongoing assignments and then offered permanent contracts and most importantly you are paid on time and on a weekly basis.

• holiday accrual
• company pensions scheme
• Your very own App and portal to accept shifts on the go, submit timesheets and pick up extra shifts that suits your commitments.
• Dedicated consultant
• Chance to gain more hours around current jobs and commitments.
• Mixtures of shifts.
• PAID FOR EVERY HOUR WORKED
• ongoing work in majority of our clients
• Great pay rates paid weekly
• Flexibility in your working environment
• Flexibility in your working days and time
• Chance to boost your weekly income
• National agreements across the East Midlands to ensure we have work for you
• Even though a lot of your roles will be on a temporary basis, these can quite easily lead to permanent work for the right candidates.

Working times and shifts:
As you can imagine being a chef does mean you are expected to work days, evenings, weekends and nights. However, the benefit for joining us at blue arrow means you can choose which days you want to work, and we can offer a mixture of shifts to suit all needs.

The Commute:
As we cover many 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.

Requirements and skills:

• Previous experience as a chef, at least up to senior chef de partie role
• Flexibility in shift patterns - i.e must be able to commit to work/night shifts and last minute shifts if required - dependant on when the clients need cover
• Great communication and team work skills
• Level 2 food hygiene certificate (ideal but not essential as we can provide this at a cost)
• Food allergens certificates
• Passion for food
• Ability to work under pressure
• Due to certain locations a full UK driving license is required along with own access to a vehicle
• Own chef whites and chef knives
• Ability to cover ad hoc days due to client demand - you maybe required to cover same day requirements or bookings within less than 24 hours' notice, to cover absences and holiday cover. Please consider this.
• An in date Enhanced DBS DATED WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS ideally on the new updated service programme, this will allow you to work within Schools and 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, and sign up with us, one of our dedicated consultants will review, your application and be back in touch.

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