Chef Lead - 30 hours per week

What skills and experience we're looking for

Someone with professional kitchen experience, great food skills and a genuine passion for sharing their knowledge. You don’t need teaching experience – if you know your trade and enjoy helping others learn, we can support you with the rest.

What the college offers its staff

• No regular weekend working – enjoy more time outside of the kitchen.
• Keep doing what you love – cooking, developing menus and producing great food.
• Share your experience – help learners develop real industry skills in a working kitchen.
• Get creative – we’re developing our menus, events and commercial catering offer.
• New facilities coming in August 2027 – our new Professional Cookery facilities will give you a fantastic space to work and support our learners.
• A different pace of life – use your industry experience in a role that gives you more balance.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.