Level 2 Apprentice Production Chef
Location: The Castle School, Taunton
Contract: Apprenticeship (Level 2 Production Chef)
Hours: 36 hours per week (Monday in college and Tuesday to Friday in school)
Working Times: 7:00am – 3:00pm with a 30-minute unpaid break
Start Date: As soon as possible
Apprentice Rate for the first year - £7.55 per hour, rising to £8.00 per hour from 1st April 2026.
Actual starting salary - £14,172
Fixed term until the completion of end point assessment (typically 12 months)
Are you passionate about food and looking to kick start your career in catering? We’re excited to offer an opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our school kitchen team as a Level 2 Apprentice Production Chef.
This is a fantastic chance to gain hands-on experience in a busy, friendly school environment while studying towards a nationally recognised qualification.
What You’ll Be Doing
As an Apprentice Production Chef, you will:
• Support the preparation and cooking of healthy, balanced meals for students, staff and visitors
• Assist with daily kitchen tasks including food prep, service, and cleaning
• Learn to follow nutrition and safety standards required for school catering
• Work as part of a supportive, experienced kitchen team
• Develop practical, professional chef skills that prepare you for a career in catering
This role also offers wider opportunities to be involved across our Trust, learning from a supportive, experienced and highly skilled Catering Manager who can help you to grow and develop to your full potential.
Disclosure Level: Enhanced Start date: As soon as possible
CVs are not accepted, please complete the application form in full.
Safeguarding Statement:
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
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