What’s the role about?

An exciting opportunity is now available to join us as a Chef, working in our John Lewis National Distribution Centre in Magna Park offering meals to our night distribution team.

As a Chef, you'll work alongside our enthusiastic and flexible catering team and provide nutritious, delicious meals for our Partners to enjoy whilst maintaining the highest possible kitchen standards. 

Why do our Chef’s love working for us? 

Our chefs love working for us because they feel part of a diverse and happy team and able to freely show creativity and passion for food. This opportunity also offers a night shift premium salary of 33.3% extra and free meals on duty.

Working shifts will be Monday - Friday 8pm - 4am

We also offer a range of incredible benefits to our Partners including Partnership Discount, ticket subsidies and much more. For more information on our full range of benefits, click here. 

More on what you'll be doing?

• Producing food to the highest standards and quality.

• Assisting the daily food preparation process, ensuring the highest standards are maintained. 

• Take an active part in menu preparation and sharing in the collective development of the food.

• Responsible for ensuring all relevant kitchen sections meet all regulations including the highest standards of food safety and hygiene.

• Ensure the administration of Food preparation is accurately recorded to management information and food safety requirements.

 Essential experience/qualifications

• Good Basic Education - GCSEs - A Levels or Vocational equivalents

• Recognised Food Production Certificate. City & Guilds 706 1 & 2 or equivalent

• Operational experience in staff dining rooms, canteens or hospitality at a supervisory level.

Desirable experience/qualifications

• Working towards Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate - Level 3

• Basic computer skills

Creating a culture of inclusion and diversity

We positively celebrate Diversity & Inclusion in the John Lewis Partnership. Our aim is to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners and for our customers, reflecting and connecting with the diverse communities that we serve. We want people from all walks of life to feel valued for their individuality, thrive in our business and share a sense of belonging. To find out more about D&I in the John Lewis Partnership click here.

The Partnership also supports flexible working, such as when, where and how you work. Working flexibly may mean different things to help with your own work-life balance. For example, it might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts. Our Head offices also support a blended working approach between time at home and in the office. You'll have the opportunity to discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview and, where it is operationally practicable, they'll do all they can to accommodate your needs.

 
Please consider the following when making your application:

• We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early.

• Print off the job description now if you require it.

• Ensure you have an up-to-date CV.