Chefs - Telford & Surrounding Areas

Chefs - Flexible Shifts 🍽️ 📍 Locations: Telford and surrounding areas 🕗 Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm (varies by client) 💰 Pay: £16.00 - £20.00 per hour (depending on experience) 👨‍🍳 Are you a chef who loves…

Pay rate £16 – £18.50/hour
Job type Temporary
Posted 2 September 2026

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Chefs - Flexible Shifts 🍽️

📍 Locations: Telford and surrounding areas

🕗 Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm (varies by client)

💰 Pay: £16.00 - £20.00 per hour (depending on experience)

👨‍🍳 Are you a chef who loves working with fresh, quality ingredients?

Looking to pick up extra shifts, fill a gap between roles, or secure full-time temporary work for the next few months? Whether you're fully booked and want to top up your hours, or you're seeking a consistent gig - we'd love to hear from you!

We're looking for passionate chefs to cover a variety of sites across Telford & surrounding areas.

We're on the lookout for chefs with an in-date Enhanced DBS (or willing to get one) to join our team. You'll be stepping into kitchens where quality matters, and no two days are quite the same.

This is a flexible, temporary role - ideal for chefs wanting:

📆 Extra hours alongside other work

🧑‍🍳 More consistent temporary assignments

🚀 A potential route into permanent positions

🧾 What you'll be doing:

Preparing and cooking a variety of fresh dishes to a high standard
Running your own section confidently and independently
Storing, sorting and rotating ingredients correctly
Unpacking deliveries and keeping the kitchen organised
Maintaining excellent hygiene and cleanliness standards
Communicating clearly with kitchen and front-of-house teams
Supporting wherever needed with a can-do attitude

✅ What we're looking for:

Previous chef experience in a similar environment
Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate (within the last 3 years)
DBS certificate - or willingness to obtain one
Chef whites and knives
Able to travel to sites across Telford and surrounding areas
Strong time management, initiative, and communication skills
Happy to get stuck in with general cleaning and team support

🌟 Why join Blue Arrow?

Weekly pay - straight to your bank
24/7 support from our friendly consultant team
Access your shifts, rota and info via our handy app
Automatic pension enrolment
Flexible working - choose the locations and shifts that suit youIMMEDIATE START AVAILABLE!!

If you are interested in the above role and feel you can meet the requirements, please apply via the Click Apply button and we will aim to process your application within 48 hours.

Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people

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