Chef's Assistant

Chef's Assistant

Trigonos

An opportunity to develop your skills and widen your experience in a kitchen that has an excellent reputation for the quality and creativity of its catering.

Trigonos provides fresh, seasonal and tasty food from scratch, using as much of the produce from our own land as possible. In addition to our home-grown food, we use local, in season, fair-trade and organic produce wherever feasible.

The Job

You will work alongside the chef in charge giving you the opportunity to learn from an experienced and supportive colleague. Your level of responsibility will be gradually increased, allowing you to develop your skills and confidence.

You will gain competence in preparing an increasing number and variety of dishes leading you to being able to work independently and eventually taking responsibility for a full meal. The pace of your progress will largely depend on you and the attention and effort you bring to the work.

We serve a vegetarian cuisine but you do not need to be a vegetarian to produce excellent meat-free dishes. The skills you learn will be easily transferable to other settings.

Running alongside the practical food preparation, you will learn how a kitchen works, from checking off deliveries to ensuring that health and hygiene standards are fully maintained.

We are looking for someone who:

• has basic knife skills
• can follow simple recipes without guidance
• has good literacy & numeracy skills
• is well organised & careful in their work
• is dependable and reliable
• has a good standard of personal hygiene.

All team members at Trigonos will meet our visitors. You should able to so in a friendly and polite way. Trigonos team members also treat each other in a similar manner.

Qualifications & Experience

Enthusiasm for the work is more important than qualifications. Experience of similar work is desirable but not necessary.

Terms, Pay & Conditions

• This post is for 20 to 30 hours a week, by agreement. The actual hours worked each week may vary according to business requirements
• Willingness to work some evenings and week-ends is essential
• Rate of pay starts at £7.50 per hour, rising to £7.80 per hour after the satisfactory completion of a probationary period of three months. It is then subject to annual review
• Holidays are based on 28 days p.a. for a 40 hour week (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata

Accountability & Training

• You will be accountable to the Lead Chef.
• All team members require a Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate - training for this will be provided if required
• Ongoing training will be provided to ensure that you can develop your skills and carry out all the tasks allocated to you
• There may be opportunities for you to gain professional qualifications

Application

Application is by letter or email, outlining your previous experience, together with the reasons for being interested in this post. We do not accept CVs alone. You are welcome to call us for an informal discussion about the job before deciding on applying.

Contact Details

Red Arkinstall

Trigonos

Plas Baladeulyn,

Nantlle

Caernarfon

Gwynedd 

LL54 6BW

Phone: 01286 882 388

Email:  chef@trigonos.org

Website: www.trigonos.org