Sous Chef - Derby

Location: Derby
Hourly rate/Salary: £16 - £18.50 per hour dependant on experience

The role:
Do you love working with fresh food on a daily basis? Or are you are currently looking to gain some extra hours, and shifts alongside your current position? Or maybe full time work for a few months? If the answer is yes then this is definitely something suitable for you, and we would love to discuss your application with you further.

We are looking for chefs with a DBS (or willing to get one) to start as soon as possible! This is a temporary position, ideal for chefs who are looking for extra shifts around current commitments, as well as chefs that may want more of an ongoing assignment with the possibility for it to lead to permanent work.

You will need to be able to get to and from Derby both early mornings and late nights between the hours of 8am and 10pm.

Key responsibilities include:

• General food preparation
• Previous experience as a chef
• Filling away deliveries
• Washing utensils and dishes
• must be able to run a lone section of the kitchen
• Great communication and team work skills
• Cook all food to excellent quality
• Storing and sorting ingredients properly.
• Passion for food
• Ability to work under pressure
• Own chef whites and chef knives
• Ensuring food prep areas are clean in line with health and safety and food hygiene procedures.

Skills required:

• Food hygiene level 2 (dated within the last three years)
• Previous experience as a chef
• Happy to clean any areas needed.
• Has excellent organisation and time-management skills
• Is able to use their own initiative and as work as part of a team
• Able to communicate/report any issues to the relevant people effectively
• Is hard-working, and reliable.
• Has experience in a similar role or similar environment

Benefits:
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.

• Great pay rates and weekly pay
• your very own App and portal to accept shifts on the go, and submit timesheets
• 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
• Company pension scheme

If you are interested in the above role and feel you can meet the requirements, we please ask all applications are made via the click apply button, and we will aim to process your application as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

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