A real shift
Usually daytime hours, preparing for set service windows, with regular routine and fewer late nights than restaurants.
Skills that matter
- Volume cooking
- Allergen management
- Teamwork
- Time management
Qualifications
- Level 2 food safety
- Commis chef or production chef apprenticeships
Where it leads
- Contract catering chef / site team member
- Site chef manager
- Catering manager
What we'd ask on the show
- The chef who wants their evenings back
- School food and nutrition
- Contract catering's hidden scale
Work as a contract catering chef / site team member? Come on the show