10/09/2026
👩🍳 JOIN TEAM JOCKEY AS AN APPRENTICE PRODUCTION CHEF! 👨🍳
Learn, grow and build your future with us here at The Horse and Jockey, Binegar
Are you enthusiastic, reliable and keen to learn? Do you enjoy food and dream of becoming a chef?
We’re looking for an Apprentice Production Chef to join our friendly, hardworking kitchen team.
⭐ Learn on the job alongside our experienced team
⭐ Work towards a recognised qualification
⭐ Develop food preparation, knife and cooking skills
⭐ Learn about food safety, hygiene and kitchen organisation
⭐ Gain valuable experience in a busy pub kitchen
⭐ Enjoy opportunities to progress after your apprenticeship
No previous cooking experience is needed! We’re looking for someone with the right attitude, a willingness to learn and pride in doing a job properly.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• Most training takes place on the job at The Jockey
• No regular college attendance is required
• Training includes online learning and face-to-face sessions
• The apprenticeship lasts a minimum of around 8 months
• Evenings and weekends are part of the role
• GCSE Maths and English are not essential to apply
• Functional Skills Maths and English may be completed as part of the apprenticeship
We’re looking for someone who is:
⭐ Reliable and hardworking
⭐ Keen to learn
⭐ A great team player
⭐ Comfortable in a busy environment
⭐ Flexible and available to work evenings and weekends
⭐ Proud to do a job properly
This is an additional position within our kitchen team and is not a replacement for Smanth. We are continuing to recruit separately for an experienced cook to replace her when she leaves.
If you, your son, daughter, grandchild or someone you know has ever thought, “I’d really like to learn to cook,” this could be the perfect opportunity to get started!
📩 Interested?
Please email your CV to [email protected]
⭐ OUR SELECTION PROCESS
We know that you can't really find out whether a kitchen is for you by simply sitting across a table answering interview questions!
So, for shortlisted applicants, our selection process will be a little different.
We'll invite you into The Jockey to meet us and the kitchen team, have an informal chat and then spend approximately 2 hours with us in the kitchen as part of an unpaid recruitment assessment.
We're not expecting you to arrive knowing how to cook, that's the whole point of an apprenticeship!
We want to see how you get on in a real kitchen environment, how you interact with the team, how well you listen and follow instructions and, most importantly, whether you enjoy it and genuinely want to learn.
You'll also get the opportunity to see what working in our kitchen is really like and decide whether Team Jockey is right for you too.
We're looking for attitude, enthusiasm, reliability and a willingness to learn, we can teach you the rest.
Please share as the right person may simply be waiting for the chance to begin a career in the kitchen.
📩 Still Interested?
Please email your CV to [email protected]
Many thanks, Nikki and Mark ☺️
