Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- Grade B
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-7817870
- Employer
- AGH Solutions Ltd
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £27,315 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Chef (Grade B)
Grade B
AGH Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our NHS heritage, and proud to be supporting Airedale’s clinical services.
We provide a wide range of services from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement, to clients both within and beyond the NHS.
Job overview
Are you an aspiring Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsay… or simply looking for your first big break into a professional kitchen after college?
Maybe you’re an experienced cook or chef already and searching for a fresh challenge where the food you create genuinely makes a difference every single day.
If so — we’d love to hear from you!
You’ll work alongside our talented chefs, contributing to home‑cooked meals, supporting with preparation, and helping us maintain exceptional standards of food safety and service. If you thrive in a fast‑paced kitchen, love creating great food, and want to make a genuine impact in your community, this role could be the perfect fit.
We welcome applications from everyone — our aim is for our workforce to reflect the wonderful diversity of the people we serve.
Main duties of the job
Our Catering Team at AGH Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, is expanding — and we’re excited to welcome a passionate, committed, and flexible Chef (AGHS Grade B) to join us on a permanent 37.5‑hour contract.
Working 5 days out of 7, on a rota between 06:30 and 20:00, you’ll become an essential part of a friendly, professional kitchen delivering high‑quality, nutritious meals for our patients, colleagues, and visitors. Our restaurant and catering services operate 365 days a year, giving you stability, variety, and the opportunity to showcase your skills in a truly rewarding environment.
Working for our organisation
AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.
We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.
We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.
Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.
Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHSFT specifically.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Must have sound numeracy and literacy skills.
- NVQ level 2/3 in Cookery or City & Guilds 706/1/2 OR Equivalent
- Food Safety Level II
Desirable criteria
- IOSHH
- Food Safety Level III
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous catering experience
- Good knowledge and understanding of allergen management.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in production of special diets
- Previous experience working with the public/customers
- Previous supervisory experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gareth Williams
- Job title
- Head of Catering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07345 748651
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