Chef

Section Chef (no evenings or weekends)

* Salary: £23,300-£27,650

* Location: Whittlesford, Cambridge, United Kingdom

* Contract: Permanent; 35 Hours per week. No Weekends

We are currently seeking a skilled and motivated Section Chef to join our kitchen team.

If you are a talented and dedicated chef looking to take the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

As a section chef primarily based at DC10 in Whittlesford, you will be part of a dynamic and customer focused Catering team, ensuring delivery of excellent food and delivering a first-class service to all our staff, guests, and visitors

You will execute day to day food production operations at the Cambridge sites, providing customers with a high level of customer service, co-ordinating team members to deliver an overall excellent customer experience.

Ensuring all food production operations are conducted in line with agreed food safety, health and safety and any other statutory requirements.

You will thrive in a changing environment, be motivated by delivering excellent customer service and will enjoy being part of a high performing team that epitomises customer satisfaction.

About you

You are a strong team player with excellent knowledge of the catering industry, with good communication skills, and a passion for delivering an exceptional customer experience

To be successful in this role, you will have:

* Level 2 Food Safety

* Knowledge of catering services

* Proven experience in a catering role

* Strong teamwork and communications skills

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

* Group personal pension scheme

* Discretionary annual bonus

* Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary

* Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance

* Green travel schemes

* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

The latest date for submitting your application is 13 July 2025. Interviews may be held on a rolling basis.

As a part of this process, you may be invited to an introduction interview followed by a short trial shift.

Why join us.

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

Section Chef