Chef - Notcutts Ashton Park Garden Centre

Notcutts Ltd.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A national garden centre group is looking for a part-time Chef to join their busy kitchen team at the Ashton Park Garden Centre. This role offers a competitive salary with daytime hours only, ensuring a great work/life balance. The ideal candidate should have experience in a commercial kitchen and a passion for creating outstanding food. Benefits include generous employee discounts and early finishes on a rota basis, making it an attractive position for those who love cooking without late night shifts.

Benefits

30% employee discount

Discounted meals on duty

Company pension

Free onsite parking

Early finish on a rota basis

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial kitchen environment.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure excellent customer service.
• Ability to deliver fresh food options within specified time.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality dishes for breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea.
• Maintain kitchen hygiene standards and comply with health and safety regulations.
• Work collaboratively with the kitchen team while ensuring food quality.

Skills

Knowledge of health and safety requirements

Ability to work on own initiative

Experience preparing food to brand specifications

Job description

Chef - Notcutts Ashton Park Garden Centre

Apply Before: 31 January 2026

Chef - Notcutts Ashton Park Garden Centre

Competitive rate of pay

Part Time position - 30 hours per week. No evenings or split shifts!

You love food. And you’re really good at creating great fresh food for customers to enjoy. What you probably don’t enjoy is working late at night or split shifts.

As a Notcutts Chef you’ll balance your passion for food with the rest of your life. With us, you only work daytime hours, don't work beyond 5 pm. How's that for great work/life balance?

Our restaurants are at the heart of our garden centres and an important reason for customers to visit us. Your attention to detail and organisation will mean excellent customer service is as important to you as the ingredients on your menu. We’re looking for a Chef to join the busy kitchen team in our Garden Centre Restaurant. Our restaurant is bright modern and airy, our kitchen is well equipped with everything a great chef needs to provide fantastic dishes to specification. Our restaurant is open from 9:00am to 4:00pm, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea. So, no more evening service and late nights!

We would like you to have knowledge of health and safety requirements within a commercial kitchen and the ability to work on your own initiative in the absence of the Kitchen Manager. You are also likely to have experience of preparing great food to brand specifications.

In return, our Chef will receive:

• An early finish and a full weekend off on a rota basis
• A generous 30% employee discount
• Discounted meals on duty
• Company pension
• Free onsite parking

As a national Garden Centre group, we know how important nature is for wellbeing, but we also provide a free and confidential employee assistance programme for anyone who needs additional support. And here’s something important to know. There’s no such thing as a perfect job candidate, so don’t hold back on applying, we’d love to hear from you. Notcutts is a place where everyone (and everything!) can grow.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity and we welcome applications from every part of our community and beyond. So if you're passionate about making customers happy with the great food that you serve, please apply today with your CV.

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