Chef – Start Your Culinary Career with Purpose at RAF Leeming
Location: RAF Leeming, Gatenby, Northallerton, DL7 9NJ
Pay rate: £13.32 per hour (£27,800.44)
Contract type: Permanent, full-time, 40 hours per week, 5 days over 7 (includes some weekends)
Shift times: Structured shifts between 06:30 and 20:00 – so your evenings stay free
Build your skills. Gain experience. Make a difference.
Looking for your next step in the kitchen — or a place to properly start your chef career?
As a Chef at RAF Leeming, you’ll join a supportive, experienced team delivering great food to the Armed Forces community. RAF Leeming is one of the RAF's key operational support stations. Combining leadership, customer service and retail expertise, you'll help create a welcoming experience for military personnel, civilian staff and visitors while contributing to the smooth running of a site that supports RAF operations in the UK and overseas.
This role is ideal for early career chefs or those still developing their confidence, offering a structured environment, strong leadership, and genuine opportunities to learn and progress — all with a rare worklife balance for hospitality.
At Aramark UK, we believe in growing talent. Many of our senior chefs started exactly where you are now.
Aramark UK are making a work life balance achievable whilst still working in hospitality, cultivating your culinary career with a world leading organisation. Aramark provides world-class contract catering services to our extensive list of clients across the UK, including Defence and Judicial, private industry and Education. We are lucky to have some of the best Culinary and Catering talent that the UK has to offer working within our teams. At RAF Leeming, we also offer 2 weeks off over Christmas and the New Year!
Why join us?
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Discounted meals on site
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Free onsite parking
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Employee Benefits App – Online GP, EAP support & hundreds of discounts
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Generous holiday allowance
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Pension scheme and life assurance
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Clear progression routes — many chefs move up quickly
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Apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and ongoing development.
