Apprentice Chef

Day release one day weekly at Heart Of Worcestershire College, Wednesday to Sunday assisting our chef at The Old Waggon & Horses, Kidderminster to deliver high quality food to our patrons. The candidate will learn a variety of culinary skills and contribute to planning and ordering ingredients to menu requirements.

Wage: £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age. National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices applies.

Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, assisting our chef at The Old Waggon & Horses, Kidderminster. Hours will include evening and weekend working. 40 hours a week.

Duration: 1 year 6 months.

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands‑on experience.

What you’ll do at work

• Food Preparation
• Stock control
• Food storage
• Maintaining work area to ensure hygienic working

Where you’ll work

The Old Wagon Horses
Stourbridge Road Ismere
Kidderminster
DY10 3NX

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

• Uses knives effectively and efficiently.
• Selects ingredients of the right quality that support sustainability and seasonality.
• Weighs, measures, and scales ingredients.
• Cooks from fresh producing complete dishes.
• Prepares, cooks, and finishes meat, offal, game, poultry, fish, and shellfish from whole; trim, de‑vein, portion, break down, bone, skin, fillet, shell.
• Prepares, cooks, and finishes fruit vegetables.
• Prepares, cooks, and finishes sauces.
• Prepares, cooks and finishes pureed and cream soup and stock based dishes.
• Prepares and cooks noodles, and fresh or convenience pasta.
• Prepares and cooks pulses and grains, including long and short grain rice.
• Prepares, cooks and finishes eggs or egg based dishes.
• Prepares, cooks and finishes leavened and unleavened dough products.
• Prepares, cooks and finishes sweet and savoury pastry products using short, sweet, and choux.
• Prepares, cooks, and finishes scones, biscuits, sponge cakes, and non‑sponge cakes.
• Prepares, produces, and finishes hot and cold desserts.
• Prepares and cooks dishes using alternative ingredients eg plant based, gluten free.
• Prepares fresh ingredients, including from whole, using them across a menu to reduce waste and improve sustainability.
• Uses seasoning, spices, rubs, and marinades to flavour ingredients.
• Portions, plates, finishes, garnishes, and presents individual dishes.
• Exercises portion control and acts to maximise yield.
• Achieves intended quality in terms of texture, flavour, and appearance.
• Identifies and resolves errors during the production process.
• Assists in the resolution of feedback, complaints, and issues.
• Prepares, cleans and uses manual and electrical food‑preparation and cooking equipment and machinery safely, correctly and efficiently.
• Applies food safety and allergen procedures, including monitoring temperatures, during preparation, cooking, and holding.
• Selects and applies hygiene management techniques to maintain a safe clean work environment, including personal hygiene, PPE, and uniform.
• Complies with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
• Undertakes stock control, storage, and rotation.
• Applies food safety and allergen procedures, and monitors and records food temperatures, on delivery and in storage.
• Follows equity, diversity and inclusion legislation and organisational policies.
• Uses techniques for maintaining good mental health and wellbeing to support self and others, including asking for and giving help with daily tasks.
• Communicates with colleagues, manager and other stakeholders in a professional manner.
• Works as part of a team to support service delivery.
• Uses feedback to improve own performance.
• Manages own time to ensure tasks are completed.

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

GCSE in:

• Maths (grade 2)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Customer care skills
• Creative

About this employer

The Old Waggon & Horses is a restaurant and public house located on the outskirts of Kidderminster delivering high quality food to a set menu.
For further information and full details of the menu please see our Facebook page.

After this apprenticeship

Opportunity to progress from apprenticeship to Chef. Candidate will undertake Commis Chef apprenticeship, basic food hygiene training and additional in house training as deemed appropriate.

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

Sara

smasonparker@howcollege.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000025584.