Prep Chef

✨Job Title: Prep Chef 📍 Location: Oxygen House, Exeter, and the Five Bells (one Sunday per month) ✨Contract: Fixed-Term (6 Months), with the possibility of extension or a permanent role ⏰Hours : 40 hours per week, primarily Monday to Friday (7:00am to 3:30pm or 9:00am to 5:30pm), plus one Sunday per month 💷Salary: £28,000 per annum plus generous company benefits 📅Start date: Early December 2026 Join a Kitchen That Puts Vegetables First! Oxygen House Kitchen is an organic, vegetable-led kitchen serving the Oxygen House community. We create fresh, seasonal food with a focus on quality, sustainability and thoughtful cooking. We're looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Prep Cook to join us on an interim six-month contract. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with solid kitchen experience, strong knife skills and a genuine interest in cooking with vegetables. You'll play a key role in preparing ingredients, supporting food production and helping us deliver consistently excellent food every day. Once a month, you'll also support Sunday service at the Five Bells, our community pub, helping to deliver a welcoming and memorable dining experience. What You'll Be Doing • Preparing vegetables, grains, pulses, sauces, dressings and other ingredients to the standards and quantities set by the Senior Kitchen Team. • Supporting the preparation and cooking of dishes for breakfast, lunch and other services, following recipes and specifications • Assisting with Sunday lunch service at the Five Bells once per month • Working from daily prep lists and production plans, highlighting shortages or issues proactively • Following food safety procedures, including allergen management, labelling, date rotation and temperature monitoring • Maintaining a clean, organised and efficient section throughout your shift • Receiving, checking and storing deliveries correctly • Minimising food waste through careful preparation, good stock rotation and thoughtful use of ingredients • Working collaboratively with the wider kitchen and front-of-house teams • Supporting the senior kitchen team with other reasonable duties as required