Casual Chef

The historic Malt Cross is an iconic bar and kitchen in the heart of Nottingham City Centre. The venue has been welcoming and serving customers to its famous bar for almost 150 years. 

As we approach the busy festive period, we are looking for a new Casual Chef to join our team.

We are passionate about high-quality food, made from locally sourced ingredients served in a welcoming, friendly, relaxed environment filled with great music and lively events. 

What’s more, as an independent venue, Malt Cross’s activity directly supports YMCA community projects in the city and across Nottinghamshire. 

We have a super team of hard-working, passionate staff who are exceptionally welcoming to new members to the team, extending a warm welcome to them in the spirit of the YMCA.

This is your chance to work for an organisation which makes a real different to the local community, starting with our own YMCA projects.

Role Highlights

Job Title: Casual Chef

Location: Malt Cross, 16 St James’s Street, Nottingham, NG1 6FG

Salary: £13.50 per hour

Hours: Casual hours across the week, including weekends covering days and evenings

The Role

On a day-to-day basis, you can expect your role to include:

• Preparation of meals from our lunch and dinner menus, offering freshly prepared, delicious meals.
• Providing excellent buffet/banquet style food for bespoke events, such as Christmas events.
• Promoting a welcoming, inclusive and community-focused environment and working alongside the Malt Cross management team to deliver an exceptional customer experience, which includes delivery of staff training
• Responsibility for food safety, hygiene and compliance 

About You

We are looking for someone passionate about food and ingredients who has had experience as a Chef in a smaller kitchen environment. 

With experience in either café style kitchen or larger restaurant kitchen, you will be comfortable working as part of a small team where team spirit is everything. 

This is a busy and varied role and you must be able to flexible to meet the needs of the kitchen on any given day.

From your experience, you will have a strong awareness of current food industry product trends as well as a good working knowledge of Health and Safety and Food and Drink preparation practices; being Advance Hygiene Qualified or CIEH Level 2 Food Hygiene Qualified and/or holding NVQ Level 2 Food Preparation or equivalent qualification is desirable. 

As to be expected with a role of this nature, evenings and weekends shifts will form the majority of your shifts.  We will share with you shift availability to be able to select whichever shifts fit with your availability.  

Diversity & Safer Recruitment

Malt Cross, as part of the YMCA Robin Hood Group is committed to equal opportunities, promoting diversity, and creating an inclusive culture where all staff can thrive.

Should you require any adjustments to support your full participation in our recruitment process, we would encourage you to share your needs with us so we can support you with your requirements.  Please contact our recruitment team in the first instance.

We follow rigorous safer recruitment processes to ensure the protection of children, young people, and adults at risk. All applicants will be subject to a relevant DBS checks, reference checks, and thorough vetting as part of our commitment to safeguarding.

What Happens Next?

We reserve the right to close the position earlier than advertised if required.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, we will be unable to provide specific feedback on why you may not have been shortlisted.

For an informal conversation before applying, please reach out to our recruitment team who would be delighted to help.