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Restaurant Style Chef – Film Craft Company
My client is an ingredient led catering company providing a quality fresh food service for film and TV studios including location work. We have an immediate vacancy for a reliable, customer-focused professional Chef to cook on the mobile kitchen for the current production based at Shinfield studios near Reading.
Catering for about 200-350 people a day the unit provides snacks, grab and go food, street food style, specialty coffee, raw juicing etc. Menus change daily and have a big focus on vegan and plant-based snacks including vegan baking. The company core values embrace responsible food provenance, recycling and healthy eating producing delicious, creative and inspirational food on a daily basis. There is no central production kitchen so all deliveries, food prep, cooking and service are done from the mobile unit
Duties will include:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable chef with excellent experience of fresh and healthy restaurant style food, including vegan cooking. Well organized, tidy, and even-tempered, flexible on working hours…there can be early starts and late finishes. You must be a strong team player prepared to roll your sleeves up as this kitchen is always busy.
Previous experience of film location work would be an advantage.
Initial contract: April 11th to Feb 2026 with the opportunity of further on going work
Own transport is essential as some locations are rural
Rate: £250 a day
Filming: Monday to Friday (Some weekend work may apply)
Hours: 11 hours a day + £25 an hour overtime rate, hours are variable and subject to change.
This may include occasional night work
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