Production Chef – Devon Farm Kitchen

Introduction

37.5 Hours per week

£27,534 per annum, depending on experience

Permanent 

Make your work count! Could you be our next Production Chef?

Are you a professional production chef who is looking for an exciting new challenge?   Would you like to join a successful social enterprise business and produce delicious handmade frozen meals which are delivered direct to the doors of customers across South Devon?  If so, we would love to hear from you.

If you want to feel personal fulfilment from a career with real meaning, consider Devon Farm Kitchen who are a successful social enterprise set up and working to build a long-term income for Rowcroft Hospice. We offer purposeful work in a uniquely progressive environment.  

What you’ll need to be successful in this role 

To be successful in this role you will need to be passionate about cooking and producing handmade mouth-watering meals to the highest possible standards of safety, as outlined in a detailed food safety plan, and in a consistent manner. 

Experience of working in a busy commercial kitchen or as a production/development chef is essential. 

You will be driven by our cause and will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment as part of a close team – to deliver on our strategy takes real teamwork, energy and passion, no two days are ever the same! 

What’s in it for you? 

You will be supported and encouraged to innovate and to try new things. Our scope of work and our confident organisational vision create opportunities for progress and development. And we work together with passion and pride in an environment where people are caring, considerate, inclusive and welcoming.  It can be tough. We don’t shy away from that. But you’ll see clearly see the importance and impact of your work and feel recognised and part of something remarkable. 

Values are critical to Rowcroft so you will need to be generous in spirit, show respect to others, be a team player and demonstrate honesty and integrity.

Working at Devon Farm Kitchen - A subsidiary of Rowcroft House Foundation Ltd

Rowcroft Hospice is an independent charity that provides comfort, support and specialist care to over 2,000 patients and their loved ones across South Devon each year.  Our Vision is to make every day the best day possible for patients, and those closest to them, living with life-limiting illnesses in South Devon.

See our Devon Farm Kitchen Team here and take a look here to find out what our team says about working at Rowcroft and the employee benefits on offer.

For more information

Please see below for a job description and person specification for this role. 

For more information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact  Craig McLaren-Kennedy, Managing Director, on 01803 217471, or via email at craig.kennedy@devonfarmkitchen.co.uk 

Applications will be shortlisted as and when received and this advert may be withdrawn at any time, so please apply early.