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  • Great Day Out
    • ACC Attractions
    • Quarry Cafe
    • Open Farm
    • Events
    • Ticket Prices & Opening Times
    • Annual Memberships
    • Camping >
      • Camping Extras
    • Children's Birthday Party
    • FAQ's
  • Support Services
    • Supported Employment
    • Support Workers Direct
    • Training & Learning
    • Advice & Guidance
    • Gr8 Support
    • Housing >
      • Referral Process
    • Support in the Community >
      • Creative Arts Studio
      • LOL - Living Out Loud
    • Care Quality Commission Ratings
    • Safeguarding
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our People
    • Jobs >
      • Current Vacancies
      • Employee Benefits
      • What our Staff Say
    • Volunteering >
      • Meet Our Volunteers
      • Become a Volunteer
      • FAQ's
    • Accounts & Annual Review
    • Campaigns we're fighting for
    • Aldingbourne Trust National Partnership
    • Covid 19 >
      • ​Aldingbourne's Scavenger Hunt
      • Aldingbourne Country Centre
      • MAKE & Gig Buddies
      • No 73 Drop In
      • Supported Living
      • Top Tips
      • Thank You
      • Volunteers
    • Find Us
  • Our Businesses
    • Venue/ Room Hire
    • Long Bench
    • Tree Seat Scheme
    • Gig Buddies Portsmouth >
      • Gig Buddies Application
      • Gig Buddies FAQs
    • Wood@Aldingbourne
    • Educational Visits
    • Make
    • Seasons Nursery School
    • Other projects
  • News
    • Aldingbourne Blog
  • Fundraising
    • Donate
    • Fundraising Events
    • Start Fundraising
    • Support a Fundraiser
    • Aldingbourne Lottery
    • Adopt an Animal
    • Join the Friends of AT
  • Online Shop
    • Annual Memberships Product
    • Long Bench Slat
    • Tree Seat Scheme
    • Miscellaneous Services
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At Aldingbourne Trust we are a business for and made up of people - we support adults with learning disabilities and autism across the south coast, as well as running our award winning country centre offering families a Great day Out. If you are curious about working for a charity that is passionate about what it does, want to make a difference or are already an experienced professional, you might like what Aldingbourne has to offer. So please scroll down and take a look at our jobs page, give us a call, or drop us an email, we would love to hear from you.
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Cook / Chef ( Aldingbourne Country Centre )

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Salary
£ 24,639.84 per annum other benefits - details below
Location
Fontwell
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full Time - 8.30am-4.30pm, 37.5 hours per week, working 5 days from 7. Flexibility required, including public holidays, occasional evenings ( no split-shifts )
Closing
29 June 2023

We love food, we love people, we love hospitality!

If you’re an enthusiastic Chef / Cook with experience gained in a high-paced kitchen environment and are looking for an extremely rewarding challenge, offering great work-life balance and the chance to be part of a catering team that makes a real difference, we would like to hear from you.

We welcome over 50,000 visitors to our Quarry Café a year to enjoy a light bite, homemade lunch, or just a slice of cake, all freshly prepared onsite in our modern bright kitchen from base, delivering locally sourced and expertly created dishes, and served by a friendly team, including those supported by the trust.

We have exciting plans for future growth at our award winning Aldingbourne Country Centre, offering more corporate hospitality, celebrations, and inhouse events, giving you exposure to use your creative input, alongside the Supervisor and Hospitality Service Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Working within a team of 10 including 2 others Chefs / Cooks, you will assist the Hospitality Services Manager, Supervisor and deputise in their absence to organise, plan, and lead the front of house, cooking and conference teams to provide and maintain the highest of hospitality and conference service standard

  • Assist in the planning, budgeting, and purchasing operations in consultation with Hospitality Services Manager

  • Work with the Hospitality Services Manager to develop and monitor the range of hospitality provisions to meet Trust objectives and customer requirements.

  • To lead by example, offering excellent levels of service and professionalism at all times, serving and assisting customers in an engaging, polite and warm manner.

  • Ensure supplies, equipment and work areas conform to required standards and guidelines to maintain 5* Food Standards rating

  • To be mindful of the need to safeguard the Health and Safety of all staff, trainees, volunteers, visitors and others on site

  • To ensure that all machinery and equipment is in safe working order regarding the observance of safety regulations and safety procedures under the Health & Safety at Work Act, taking appropriate action, reporting any defects to the line manager

  • Ensure environment associated with hospitality is at appropriate standard e.g. seating, patio areas, wash/toilet facilities.

We believe working here is very special and rewarding, our benefits include:

  • Social working hours (no split shifts)

  • Great work/life balance

  • Free onsite parking

  • Competitive holiday allowance 25 day increasing after 5 years

  • Family friendly support, Life Assurance, Pension, Employee Assistance programme,

  • Staff discount in Cafe/Gift Shop

  • Discounted gym memberships

  • Cycle to Work scheme

  • Uniform

  • Eye care voucher / Flu Vaccination

This role can be offered as part of a job share or full time 37.5 hours, usual working hours 8.30am to 4.30pm, rota over 7 days, will include weekends, bank holidays and occasional evening events


  • Please view the Job Description Hospitality Services CookChef ACC Feb 23 document (opens in a pop up)
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​Aldingbourne Country Centre - no booking is needed, just turn up!

Open 7 Days a week, 10am - 4pm
Blackmill Lane, Norton
Chichester, West Sussex
PO18 0JP
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Country Centre - 01243 542075
Central Office - 01243 544607
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