Multi-site Cover Chef
Weekly hours:  25 hours per week
Working hours: Monday to Friday – 9am to 2pm
Working weeks: 39 weeks per year (term time only plus inset days)
Salary: £13.50 per hour
Contract type: Permanent 

The Gateway Kitchen is seeking a highly adaptable and reliable Cover Chef to support our in-house catering teams across multiple school sites. This role involves working across schools in the Portsmouth, Gosport and Fareham area, including providing short notice cover when required. This position requires access to your own reliable transportation to travel between sites.

As our network continues to grow, the range of sites you support may expand, so flexibility and confidence working in different school kitchens will be essential.

You will:

• Bring at least 2 years of professional chef experience

• Prepare high quality, nutritious meals for students, staff and visitors

• Step confidently into different kitchens and adapt quickly to each school’s routines

• Maintain excellent food hygiene and safety standards

• Support the smooth running of breakfast, snack and lunch services

• Work collaboratively with colleagues across The Gateway Kitchen

• Demonstrate reliability, flexibility and a positive, proactive attitude

We offer:

• Nest pension scheme

• Free Enhanced DBS

• Staff benefits including Cycle to Work scheme, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and flu vaccinations

If you are interested in this position, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to interview exceptional applicants before the closing date.

The Gateway Kitchen is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.