Cookery School Apprentice

Posted on 20/08/2025

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Westmorland Hotel
Catering
£12.25 per hour (£10 for under 18's)
40 hours per week
Full Time

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About The Role
Here at the Westmorland Family we make all our food ourselves from fresh local ingredients including beef and lamb from our own farm at Tebay and carefully selected local suppliers to ensure the highest quality ingredients.

Our Cookery school apprenticeship course is a full time paid position including a day a week at Kendal college and 4 days a week in our Westmorland Hotel working alongside the Head Chef and Kitchen team to practise your new skills.

We also include time spent in our Northern sites both on the farm, in the butchery and at our Production Kitchen at Rheged

Following our specifications you will ensure that the food is cooked and presented appropriately in accordance with demand and ensuring only the highest quality products are offered to our customers.

Responsible for the smooth running of the kitchen, you will also need to maintain a clean, tidy and safe kitchen with the highest levels of food safety to maintain our 5 star rating including completing all necessary paperwork.
About You
We're looking for real foodies who would love to develop their skills and study our apprenticeship course including one day a week at Kendal college for 15-18 months and attain a level 2 catering qualification.

Passionate about quality with an eye for detail and the ability to work in a fast paced environment would be perfect for this role

We dont mind if you're starting out in your career from leaving school or are looking to change your career later in life. Come and talk to us
About Us
At Westmorland we are family business that started in 1972 from our farm in Cumbria, which runs unique motorway service areas – Tebay, Gloucester and Cairn Lodge – based on no franchises but instead our own Farmshops and Kitchens. We also have Junction 38, a services dedicated to HGV drivers, Rheged, a meeting place, Cafe, Gallery and Cinema, and the Westmorland Hotel situated on the edge of the Lake District.

We are proud to be connected to our place and that our family of colleagues share our values of Warmth, Graft and Courage. If you join our family it will be hard work at times but we offer a great range of benefits including generous discounts in our farmshops and kitchens, free meals when working on shift, generous holiday entitlements plus a paid day off for your birthday and more.

If you work at our Tebay or Gloucester sites, we are able to offer free or discounted travel to help you get to and from work (restrictions may apply).