Advertising Salary
£14.36 - £16.41 p.h. plus gratuities
Catering
Hours Per Week
37.5

About The Role

Love working with fresh produce and cooking to order—without the late nights? This could be the role you’ve been waiting for.

Due to the continued success of our Sidings First Class café carriage, we’re looking for an enthusiastic Chef to join our growing team.

Sidings offers a vibrant à la carte brunch experience, serving fresh, high-quality dishes between 9am and 4pm, seven days a week. With a strong focus on seasonal ingredients—including produce from our own kitchen garden—you’ll have the opportunity to cook with quality ingredients and play a key role in delivering a consistently excellent experience.

This role offers something increasingly rare in hospitality, a genuine focus on work-life balance alongside high-quality food.

✅ Primarily daytime hours (9am–4pm service).
✅ No regular late nights (apart from occasional events).
✅ Flexible rotas with two days off per week.
✅ Work with fresh, seasonal produce, including our own kitchen garden.
✅ Competitive salary, benefits and a share of gratuities.

You’ll be a key part of the kitchen team, helping to deliver high-quality, cooked-to-order dishes in a fast-paced but supportive environment.

You will:

Prepare and cook dishes fresh to order during service.
Set up and maintain your section to a high standard.
Ensure your station is well-stocked and organised.
Manage stock and minimise waste.
Maintain excellent food hygiene and safety standards.
Work collaboratively with the wider team to deliver a smooth service.

About You

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about food and enjoys working in a professional, team-focused kitchen.

You’ll bring:

Experience as a Commis Chef or Chef de Partie
Strong prep and cooking skills with confidence across a range of techniques
The ability to stay organised and work calmly under pressure
A positive, team-oriented attitude with good communication skills
A passion for fresh ingredients and quality food
A good understanding of food hygiene standards (Level 2 preferred)
Flexibility to support occasional evening events

Above all, you’ll take pride in your work and enjoy delivering great food in a more balanced hospitality environment.

If you’re looking for a role where you can cook great food without the typical hospitality hours, we’d love to hear from you.
Join our kitchen brigade and work alongside our Executive Head Chef, Nick Briggs, as part of a growing and exciting concept.

👉 Apply now and take the next step in your chef career

About Us

People are at the heart of allpay and we reward our employee with a competitive benefits package which includes, a defined contribution group pension scheme, income protection, life assurance, an array of health and wellbeing options including private healthcare cover and an onsite gym. This is coupled with our excellent Learning and Development offering.
 
We work with some great recruitment agencies. We don’t choose to partner with everyone. Explicit consent or confirmation must be received from our HR department before we accept CV’s. Contractual terms and specific campaigns must have been signed and agreed before you are considered a partner. We never accept unsolicited CV’s, EVER! Even from our trusted partners. We consider it “spoiling,” which does not endear you to us. By sending us unsolicited CV’s we deem these a free gift. If we choose to engage these candidates directly we will not pay you any fees. You will be deemed to have accepted this zero fee by providing unsolicited or spoiled candidates.
 


We are a company committed to Equal Opportunities.

All roles at allpay Limited are subject to successful background checks including a DBS and Credit Check.

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