Location: Otley Garden Centre
Hours: 30 hours per week
Shift Pattern: 8:30am – 4:30pm on Mondays & Tuesdays, 8am – 4pm on Saturdays & Sundays
Pay: ranging from minimum wage to £12.41 per hour dependent on experience.
Are you experienced in working in café’s, kitchens, and fast-food preparation?
Looking for a challenge within a dynamic, fun and enthusiastic team?
Then you’re the person we are looking for!
A new opportunity has risen for an experienced Junior Chef or Cook to join our Otley Garden Centre Team in our newly refurbished restaurant!
Our busy restaurant serves freshly prepared breakfasts, hearty lunches, and homemade scones to hundreds of guests each week – all within the beautiful surroundings of one of Yorkshire’s most popular garden centres.
Key responsibilities:
• To prepare, cook & produce quality food in line with our standards.
• Minimise waste (portion control, complaints, quality, presentation, mistakes).
• Ensuring that health & safety and food hygiene standards are always met.
• Contribute as necessary to the improvement/changes to the menu, production methods and environment.
• Ensure that all work surfaces are clean and tidy “clean as you go” at all times and that all equipment is clean and in a safe working order.
• To maintain high standards of cleanliness in the kitchen such as deep cleaning, extraction, cookers and ovens.
• Supporting the Head Chef & Catering Manager in delivering excellent service.
About You:
• Proven kitchen skills with experience in a fast-paced café or daytime dining venue
• Experience using fryers and cooking form specs.
• Passionate about food quality, consistency, and customer experience
• Highly organised, efficient, and able to thrive under pressure
• Up-to-date food hygiene certification (Level 3 preferred)
• Proficient in stock management and ordering (desirable but not essential)
• Positive, hands-on attitude and a strong team ethic
What We Offer:
• A brand-new kitchen with modern equipment
• No evening shifts – a healthy work/life balance
• Opportunity to lead a growing food offer in a busy, popular venue
• Discount in the garden centre and restaurant
• Free on-site parking
• A friendly, supportive working environment with room for creativity and growth
• A chance to help shape a much-loved local food offer and influence a growing brand
If you can commit to this and believe you’re the right person for this role, then apply now!!!
We would love to hear from you.
