Chef - Eurospar

Chef - EUROSPAR Downpatrick, 6 Ardglass Road, Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 6JQ

Attractive salary starting at £34,000 per year and great benefits.

Full-time position at 42.5 hours per week, working within the hours of Monday to Sunday, 6am to 9pm with a degree of flexibility required.

(Shift Patterns could be 6am - 3pm, 7am - 4pm, 8am - 5pm, 9am - 6pm, 10am - 7pm, 11am - 8pm or 12 noon - 9pm)

Henderson Group are proud to be Northern Ireland's leading food service provider. Our group encompasses Henderson Wholesale, Henderson Retail, Henderson Food service and Henderson Group Property. We employ over 6,000 staff and have been placed 3rd in Ulster Business Top 100 Companies 2025.

We're an Investors in People accredited, family-owned group, and our culture is lived out through our four core values
- Ambition, Customer First, Teamwork and Integrity.

Our newly refurbished EUROSPAR Annalong store is hub of activity, offering convenience, value and excellent customer service to our local community and visitors. The store has an impressive range of grocery, fresh and frozen produce and includes an amazing deli.

Our offering now includes a Production Kitchen and we are now seeking a Chef. Working within a fast-paced kitchen environment, the Chef will apply methodical organisational skills, energy and attention to detail to lead our production of centrally developed recipes and menus ensuring food safety and high-quality meals at high volume.

You will understand the requirements of working in a professional kitchen environment and have a flair and enthusiasm for cooking with fresh quality ingredients.

• Preparing consistently high-quality fresh food.
• Allocate tasks to your team to ensure the smooth and efficient organisation and running of the kitchen.
• Use high specification kitchen tools and equipment correctly to produce consistently high quality dishes.
• Operate within all regulations, legislation and procedural requirements, with regards to food safety, health & safety, and trading standards.
• Maintaining quality and consistency in food production by using resources in line with organisations' financial constraints, style, specifications and ethos.
• Effectively communicate with other key contacts to ensure effective working on shift, effective handovers etc.
• Supervise and motivate employees to achieve their maximum potential.
• Managing the commerciality of production lines and identifying market trends & commercial opportunities.
• Lead by example at all times, ensuring that high standards and safe working practices are adhered to.

Joining us as Chef, the minimum criteria you'll need is:

• Relevant Catering Qualification.
• Food Safety Qualification.
• Previous experience working in a catering and /or hospitality kitchen environment.
• You must be aged 18 years or over (for store legislative requirements).

• A flair and enthusiasm for cooking with fresh quality ingredients.
• Strong focus on people with an ability to motivate and inspire others.
• Ability to deliver at pace, while ensuring the highest quality of food.

• Experience working in a Fresh Food Production Kitchen.
• Previous Supervisory Experience
• Previous Experience working to budgets and/or targets.

Applicants should note that based on the response, the company may increase the shortlisting criteria.

As part of this role, it will be important that you feel aligned with the values that we live and work by.

Ambition
- We always strive to be better. We seek new challenges and look for ways to do things better.

Customer First
- We provide exceptional service. We put customers at the heart of everything and support our communities.

Teamwork
- We…