Casual Cafe Chef
| Posting date: | 22 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £13.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2026 |
| Location: | Newark, NG24 4FH |
| Company: | YMCA Robin Hood Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 889 |
Summary
Job Advert
You will be helping to prepare fresh food across a breakfast and lunch menu. We run specials each day which will also need to be
cooked to order. You will help prepare sandwiches and other ready to eat options.
For events, we tend to offer a wide array of freshly prepared sharing options, both hot and cold, for larger groups and events.
About You
With experience in either café style kitchen or larger restaurant kitchen, you will be comfortable working as part of a small team
where team spirit it everything.
This will be an excellent opportunity to build on your experience and we are really keen to find someone who enjoys cooking food
and preparing meals, taking huge amount of pride in your work.
This is will be a busy role and there will be great variety as part of your role. The addition of the conferencing and events
catering will bring new challenge to your daily work as you prepare larger banquets for these events.
Ideally you will have excellent working knowledge of Health and Safety and Food and Drink preparation practices and/or holding NVQ
Level 2 Food Preparation or equivalent qualification is desirable. We can support you achieve this qualification if required,
As to be expected with hospitality roles, there will be expectation to work days, evenings and weekends to cover the kitchen
opening hours and any events we host, however we don't expect these to be to be as demanding as other kitchen environments. We
will aim to share our rota ahead of time but there may be the need for cover on short notice to cover sickness or other unplanned
absences.
This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (paid for by YMCA) and registration with the DBS Update Service. We
reserve the right to withdraw this role before the closing date should we be able to appoint to the role.
You will be helping to prepare fresh food across a breakfast and lunch menu. We run specials each day which will also need to be
cooked to order. You will help prepare sandwiches and other ready to eat options.
For events, we tend to offer a wide array of freshly prepared sharing options, both hot and cold, for larger groups and events.
About You
With experience in either café style kitchen or larger restaurant kitchen, you will be comfortable working as part of a small team
where team spirit it everything.
This will be an excellent opportunity to build on your experience and we are really keen to find someone who enjoys cooking food
and preparing meals, taking huge amount of pride in your work.
This is will be a busy role and there will be great variety as part of your role. The addition of the conferencing and events
catering will bring new challenge to your daily work as you prepare larger banquets for these events.
Ideally you will have excellent working knowledge of Health and Safety and Food and Drink preparation practices and/or holding NVQ
Level 2 Food Preparation or equivalent qualification is desirable. We can support you achieve this qualification if required,
As to be expected with hospitality roles, there will be expectation to work days, evenings and weekends to cover the kitchen
opening hours and any events we host, however we don't expect these to be to be as demanding as other kitchen environments. We
will aim to share our rota ahead of time but there may be the need for cover on short notice to cover sickness or other unplanned
absences.
This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (paid for by YMCA) and registration with the DBS Update Service. We
reserve the right to withdraw this role before the closing date should we be able to appoint to the role.
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