Chef

Notcutts Ltd.; Cranleigh; On-site; GBP 10,000 - GBP 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading garden centre group is seeking a Chef for their Cranleigh Garden Centre Restaurant. The role offers a great work/life balance with no evening or split shifts, focusing on breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea. Candidates should have experience in preparing food to brand specifications and a good knowledge of health and safety in a commercial kitchen. The position promises a generous employee discount, a pension plan, and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Generous 30% employee discount

Discounted meals on duty

Company pension

Chef whites uniform

Free onsite parking

Career growth opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience of preparing food to brand specifications.
• Knowledge of health and safety in a commercial kitchen.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and contribute to a fast-paced kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Join the busy kitchen team in Cranleigh Garden Centre Restaurant and provide breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.
• Prepare fresh food to specification with attention to presentation and quality.
• Work daytime hours with no evenings or split shifts.

Skills

Food preparation

Health and safety knowledge

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

Apply Before: 28 February 2026

Competitive rate of pay

Part Time position available - 24 hours per week. Day time hours - No evenings or split shifts! Full flexibility appreciated to work between hours of 8.00am to 5.00pm, and across 7 days a week. Bank Holidays working on a rota with other members of the team.

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. 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 Cranleigh 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 serves 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. You are also likely to have experience of preparing great food to brand specifications.

Responsibilities

• Join the busy kitchen team in Cranleigh Garden Centre Restaurant and provide breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.
• Prepare fresh food to specification with attention to presentation and quality.
• Work daytime hours with no evenings or split shifts, and participate in a rota for bank holidays.
• Demonstrate knowledge of health and safety requirements within a commercial kitchen and work with initiative.

Qualifications

• Experience of preparing food to brand specifications.
• Knowledge of health and safety in a commercial kitchen.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and contribute to a fast-paced kitchen team.

Benefits

• Generous 30% employee discount
• Discounted meals on duty
• Company pension
• Chef whites uniform
• Free onsite parking
• Career growth opportunities
• Employee assistance programme

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. We regret we can currently only contact candidates who we would like to invite for interview. If you don’t hear from us regarding your application, we are sorry that you haven’t been successful this time.

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