Chef

Company: Spire Healthcare Limited
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Location: Cambridge
Job Description:

Chef de Partie / Hospital Chef | Cambridge | Full Time | Permanent | 37.5 hours per week | No Late Nights | 35 days holiday

Looking for a chef role that gives you your evenings back?

At Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital, we’re looking for an experienced Chef to join our friendly hospitality team. This is a fantastic opportunity to use your culinary skills in a rewarding healthcare environment, creating nutritious, high-quality meals for patients, visitors and colleagues.

Unlike many hospitality roles, you’ll benefit from structured shifts, a supportive team environment and an improved work-life balance with no late-night finishes

As Chef, you’ll play a key role in delivering a first-class dining experience for our patients, staff and visitors. You’ll prepare and present nutritious, high-quality meals whilst maintaining the highest standards of food safety, hygiene and customer service.

Working closely with the Head Chef and wider hospitality team, you’ll help ensure the smooth day-to-day operation of the kitchen and deputise when required.

Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to):

  • Preparing and cooking fresh, high-quality meals for patients, staff and visitors
  • Supporting the delivery of specialist dietary requirements and nutritional needs
  • Maintaining excellent standards of food presentation and service
  • Ensuring compliance with food safety, HACCP and health & safety procedures
  • Assisting with stock control, deliveries and kitchen administration
  • Supporting catering for meetings and special events
  • Maintaining a clean, safe and organised kitchen environment
  • Working collaboratively with colleagues across the hospital

Who are we looking for?

We’re keen to hear from chefs who are passionate about producing high-quality food and delivering excellent customer service.

You will ideally have:

  • Previous experience in a busy catering, hospitality or healthcare environment
  • Experience preparing meals for large numbers of people
  • A Level 3 Food Safety qualification
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills
  • A positive and flexible approach
  • The ability to work effectively under pressure
  • A commitment to maintaining the highest standards of food quality and hygiene

Working Hours

  • 37.5 hours per week
  • Shifts between 7:00am and 6:00pm
  • Monday to Sunday rota
  • Alternate weekends required

Benefits:

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

  • 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
  • Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
  • ‘Spire for you’ reward platform – discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance
  • Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

  • Driving clinical excellence
  • Doing the right thing
  • Caring is our passion
  • Keeping it simple
  • Delivering on our promises
  • Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

We commit to our employee’s well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

For us,it’s more than just treating patients; it’s about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

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Posted: August 3rd, 2026