Apprentice Pastry Chef

Peoplebank; Farnham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A child-centred private school in Farnham is seeking a talented Pastry Chef to join their team. You will work in a fast-paced kitchen, crafting a variety of baked goods from scratch. The role emphasizes creativity with seasonal ingredients and provides training opportunities. Responsibilities include producing desserts for lunch service, adhering to food hygiene standards, and maintaining high-quality food production. Join us to showcase your skills in a supportive and engaging environment while benefiting from great perks and career progression.

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Individual training and development

Established apprenticeship programme

Team & company social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Pastry Chef in a fast-paced kitchen.
• Experience with baking cakes, bread, and pastries from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Produce bread, cakes, and desserts for lunch service and hospitality.
• Ensure food standards are followed and waste controlled.
• Adhere to Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies.

Skills

Interest in food and customer service

Team player

Innovation and passion for food

Attention to detail

Good verbal English understanding

Good written English and reading skills

Experience in customer/food preparation

Job description

Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: 10785.39
Hours: 40 per week

A uniquely child-centred private school with a sixth form college located near Farnham, Surrey. Catering for just over 600 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast, AM snack, lunch, PM snack and supper. As this is a boarding school it operates Monday to Sunday so shift patterns are 5 over 7. There is a reasonable amount of hospitality at this location too. There is a commercial cafe that is open to parents and the team also cater for weddings through the summer. The location benefits from on site parking.

We are looking for a talented Pastry Chef to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Farnham.

You will have previous experience of working within a fast‑paced kitchen as a Pastry Chef. Experience of making cakes, bread and pastry from scratch will also be welcomed as full training and development will be provided.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities:

• To work well in a team producing bread, cakes and desserts for lunch service and hospitality.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

You will have the following skills:

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised Chef with attention to detail
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under‑represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.