University of Essex Campus Services - Essex FoodOur Colchester Campus is a compact 'high street' with fourteen busy restaurants, cafes and food outlets located in Squares 3, 4, 5 and 6 at the heart of campus. We pride ourselves on our professional and courteous customer-led service to students, staff and visitors at our cafes, restaurants and food outlets. The cornerstone of Essex Food is offering nutritious, value for money food while treating our customers and staff with respect.Duties of the RoleAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Chef to join our team at Essex Food to assist in the running of our catering outlets, working closely with the managers and front of house teams to deliver a professional service. Responsibilities will include cooking across our catering units, ensuring high standards are maintained for food production and presentation, maintaining control of portions size; ensuring waste is minimised and replenishing fresh food stock throughout the day.Skills and qualifications requiredThe successful candidate will hold a qualification in Catering and will have at least a Level 2 certificate in Food Hygiene or equivalent. You will have service industry experience, along with knowledge of current food trends.You will have excellent customer service, interpersonal and communication skills and will have the ability to provide customers with outstanding food and service. The ability to build good working relationships and to work as part of team and on your own is essential.To comply with Health and Safety regulations, any offer of employment will be made subject to satisfactory University Food Handling health clearance by the University Occupational Health serviceYou will be required to work 5 days out of 7 including occasional evenings and weekends.Previous applicants who have applied for the same role in the last 3 months do not need to re-apply.Please see the further detail link below for a full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application. Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please telephone (01206 876559).*Further detail: Chef jobpackThis recruitment campaign is being administered by the University of Essex on behalf of University of Essex Campus Services Ltd, a wholly owned company of the University. Some aspects of the information provided on this recruitment website may not apply to this appointment.