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Full time chefs - Derby & surrounding areas

Posted 19 days ago

  • Derby, Derbyshire
  • Any
  • External
  • Expires In 2 months
Full time chefs - Derby & surrounding areas

£15 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
We currently are or have supplied to the below environments. -
I am sure we have something to fit your experience and needs
Contract catering sites including industrial catering
Garden Centres and farm shops
Hotels, pubs, restaurants, golf clubs and events
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.
Great pay rates, weekly pay, holiday accrual, and 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
long service awards, and temporary superstars of the month
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)
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
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.

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