Job Description
Do you love food? Can you make simple, mouth-watering dishes with local ingredients? If so, we want to hear from you.
Osborne welcomes around 300,000 visitors a year who come to explore the estate to find out more about this former royal holiday home for Queen Victoria. In order to make sure every visitor has a great experience we have many venues around the estate to cater for every need.
This role is an exciting opportunity to work under the direction of the Head Chef covering the catering needs of a multi venue operation.
A sound understanding food safety and H&S regulations are important as is the ability to implement the English Heritage Food & Beverage Strategy for in-house catering, maximising profit, controlling waste and contributing to the overall catering activities to achieve the annual F&B budget and KPIs ensuring the highest level of catering standards are achieved and maintained.
Delivering a food experience of the highest quality and consistency is the key to achieving the future ambitions of Osborne.
Should you be looking for a fresh challenge, working in a busy kitchen, situated in a beautiful historic location, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss the role with you.
There will be no split shifts or evening work.
We would be delighted to hear from you, if you would like to talk to us about this role before you apply, please contact our Head Chef Ray Heward via email at Ray.Heward@english-heritage.org.uk
Everyone is welcome at English Heritage and we are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible.
We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England's heritage. By joining English Heritage, you will be part of a charity that is already on an exciting journey to tell everyone's story.
You can find out more about us and what we do here, https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/ here. Meet some of our People and hear about why they enjoy working with us here https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/jobs/working-at-historic-places/.
You'll find it's a workplace like no other - taking you behind the scenes of these extraordinary sites and supporting you to share your ideas, inspire others and make a difference.
By joining us, you'll enjoy the rewards of a great team environment in inspiring locations, helping to make our sites a wonderful place to visit. You'll also be joining our charity, which through our 400+ historic monuments, buildings and sites, brings the story of England to life for over 10 million visitors each year.
Benefits include:
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector;
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Subscriptions to professional bodies
- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you another adult and up to 6 children (under 18 in the family group)
- 25% discount in our shops and cafes;
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental leave
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata rising to 28 days after 3 years, with the option to buy additional leave
- Matched pension contributions up to a maximum of 10% which can be paid via salary exchange or salary deduction
- Flexible hours
Interviews will be held at Osborne House, interview date to be confirmed.