Commis Chef Apprenticeship - Mour Hotel
Mour Hotel
NOTTINGHAM (NG15 0EA)
Closes in 21 days (Wednesday 1 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 9 September 2025
Contents
Summary
The commis chef apprenticeship with Mour Hotel offers hands on experience in a fast paced and unique work environment. We are looking for an energetic and vibrant aspiring chef, willing to learn and develop their culinary skills within a fast-paced and challenging work environment.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Commis chef (level 2)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed - Rota.
Attending college on 1 day per week (Tuesday) City Hub campus.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 10 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- To consistently maintain an agreed high level of food production
- To report for duty in good time, clean tidy and wearing the correct uniform
- Ensure that all food standards are followed as directed by the head chef
- To comply with all aspects of the food handlers guide
- To maintain a high standards of kitchen cleanliness within your section
Ensure there is minimum wastage within the kitchen - Develop a close working relationship with all hotel department
- To daily follow guided measures on HACCP, COSSH & Food Due Diligence
- Ensure an understanding of product knowledge is maintained and communicate to all relevant kitchen and service personnel
- React quickly and helpfully to service staff when handling food service issues or guest complaints
- To comply with all policies and procedures as written in staff handbook
Where you'll work
LAKE VIEW DRIVE
ANNESLEY
NOTTINGHAM
NG15 0EA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE
Training course
Commis chef (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Selects correct knife for task.
- Uses knives effectively and efficiently.
- Selects ingredients of the right quality that support sustainability and seasonality.
- Weighs, measures, and scales ingredients.
- Cooks from fresh producing complete dishes.
- Prepares, cooks, and finishes meat, offal, game, poultry, fish, and shellfish from whole; trim, de-vein, portion, break down, bone, skin, fillet, shell.
- Prepares, cooks, and finishes fruit vegetables.
- Prepares, cooks, and finishes sauces.
- Prepares, cooks and finishes pureed and cream soup and stock based dishes.
- Prepares and cooks noodles, and fresh or convenience pasta.
- Prepares and cooks pulses and grains, including long and short grain rice.
- Prepares, cooks and finishes eggs or egg based dishes.
- Prepares, cooks and finishes leavened and unleavened dough products.
- Prepares, cooks and finishes sweet and savoury pastry products using short, sweet, and choux.
- Prepares, cooks, and finishes scones, biscuits, sponge cakes, and non-sponge cakes.
- Prepares, produces, and finishes hot and cold desserts.
- Stuffs, fills and panés across food types.
- Prepares and cooks dishes using alternative ingredients eg plant based, gluten free.
- Prepares fresh ingredients, including from whole, using them across a menu to reduce waste and improve sustainability
- Uses seasoning, spices, rubs, and marinades to flavour ingredients.
- Sears, grills, deep fries, shallow fries, stir fries, sautés, braises, stews, bakes, roasts, boils, poaches across food types.
- Portions, plates, finishes, garnishes, and presents individual dishes.
- Exercises portion control and acts to maximise yield.
- Achieves intended quality in terms of texture, flavour, and appearance
- Identifies and resolves errors during the production process.
- Assists in the resolution of feedback, complaints, and issues.
- Prepares, cleans and uses manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking equipment and machinery safely, correctly and efficiently.
- Applies food safety and allergen procedures, including monitoring temperatures, during preparation, cooking, and holding.
- Selects and applies hygiene management techniques to maintain a safe clean work environment, including personal hygiene, PPE, and uniform.
- Complies with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
- Undertakes stock control, storage, and rotation.
- Applies food safety and allergen procedures, and monitors and records food temperatures, on delivery and in storage.
- Follows equity, diversity and inclusion legislation and organisational policies.
- Uses techniques for maintaining good mental health and wellbeing to support self and others, including asking for and giving help with daily tasks.
- Communicates with colleagues, manager and other stakeholders in a professional manner.
- Works as part of a team to support service delivery.
- Uses feedback to improve own performance.
- Manages own time to ensure tasks are completed.
- Selects correct knife for task.
- Uses knives effectively and efficiently.
- Selects ingredients of the right quality that support sustainability and seasonality.
- Weighs, measures, and scales ingredients.
- Cooks from fresh producing complete dishes.
- Prepares, cooks, and finishes meat, offal, game, poultry, fish, and shellfish from whole; trim, de-vein, portion, break down, bone, skin, fillet, shell.
- Prepares, cooks, and finishes fruit vegetables.
- Prepares, cooks, and finishes sauces.
- Prepares, cooks and finishes pureed and cream soup and stock based dishes.
- Prepares and cooks noodles, and fresh or convenience pasta.
- Prepares and cooks pulses and grains, including long and short grain rice.
- Prepares, cooks and finishes eggs or egg based dishes.
- Prepares, cooks and finishes leavened and unleavened dough products.
- Prepares, cooks and finishes sweet and savoury pastry products using short, sweet, and choux.
- Prepares, cooks, and finishes scones, biscuits, sponge cakes, and non-sponge cakes.
- Prepares, produces, and finishes hot and cold desserts.
- Stuffs, fills and panés across food types.
- Prepares and cooks dishes using alternative ingredients eg plant based, gluten free.
- Prepares fresh ingredients, including from whole, using them across a menu to reduce waste and improve sustainability
- Uses seasoning, spices, rubs, and marinades to flavour ingredients.
- Sears, grills, deep fries, shallow fries, stir fries, sautés, braises, stews, bakes, roasts, boils, poaches across food types.
- Portions, plates, finishes, garnishes, and presents individual dishes.
- Exercises portion control and acts to maximise yield.
- Achieves intended quality in terms of texture, flavour, and appearance
- Identifies and resolves errors during the production process.
- Assists in the resolution of feedback, complaints, and issues.
- Prepares, cleans and uses manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking equipment and machinery safely, correctly and efficiently.
- Applies food safety and allergen procedures, including monitoring temperatures, during preparation, cooking, and holding.
- Selects and applies hygiene management techniques to maintain a safe clean work environment, including personal hygiene, PPE, and uniform.
- Complies with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
- Undertakes stock control, storage, and rotation.
- Applies food safety and allergen procedures, and monitors and records food temperatures, on delivery and in storage.
- Follows equity, diversity and inclusion legislation and organisational policies.
- Uses techniques for maintaining good mental health and wellbeing to support self and others, including asking for and giving help with daily tasks.
- Communicates with colleagues, manager and other stakeholders in a professional manner.
- Works as part of a team to support service delivery.
- Uses feedback to improve own performance.
- Manages own time to ensure tasks are completed.
Training schedule
Commis Chef Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:
- 12 months + 3 month EPA end point assessment period)
- Weekly day release at the Nottingham College City Hub campus
- Must be cooking all dishes from scratch and be able to evidence cooking, game, shellfish, soups, stocks
- Everything on the recipe log is covered and taught whilst at College but this must also be evidenced within the work place as well
- Prior to EPA the EPAO will select 3 dishes / methods for the learner to prepare from the recipe log for their EPA and the employer will need to allow the learner 3 hours in their work kitchen and provide them with all of the necessary ingredients for the dishes / methods selected in advance by the EPAO
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 9-3)
- Maths (grade 9-3)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
Mour hotel is a 4-star boutique hotel situated centrally on the Sherwood Business Park amongst an array of upmarket businesses and at a stone throw away from junction 27 of the M1. Designed by Amanda Rosa, the imposing building has an American loft feeling offering a quirky, yet luxurious place to meet, dine and sleep. Awarded most stylish hotel in 2006, guests can expect all their needs to be truly catered for in one of our 92 spacious ensuite bedrooms. Every modern amenity has been thought of for the discerning traveller. The hotel also offers three individually styled conference suites for business meetings or events. With elegant backdrops, wireless internet and boasting natural daylight, these unique suites are the envy of many and are sure to add a touch of individualism to any event. Refreshments are freshly made on the premises and our friendly and helpful staff will happily go above and beyond in order to ensure your stay with us is most memorable.
After this apprenticeship
- Progression to full time after completion of the apprenticeship, increased hourly rate, opportunities to learn in other departments
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341306.
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Closes in 21 days (Wednesday 1 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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