Cook - Park Head Hotel
| Posting date: | 19 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 19 October 2025 |
| Location: | DL148QB |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The Auckland Project |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
The role purpose:
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the Auckland Project and Bishop Auckland. As a member of the kitchen team, you will work alongside our chefs ensuring every guest enjoys fantastic food at the Hotel prepared in a safe and hygienic environment. You will help create high quality dishes in a timely manner, keeping a clean and organised workspace. You will contribute to the delivery of exceptional hospitality; making you a part of an organisation dedicated to the regeneration, conservation and celebration of Bishop Auckland. This will be achieved by maintaining a safe, happy creative workplace founded in professionalism and strong team ethic.
Shifts will cover Monday-Sunday, various early/late shifts including weekends, Christmas and bank holidays.
In return:
We pride ourselves in taking care of our team members. For your efforts we offer free parking on site, access to staff discounts and local benefits, uniform provided, staff discounts/entry into our attractions.
Key Responsibilities:
The post-holder is responsible for the following key deliverables and accountabilities:
• Support the Head Chef and Sous Chef in both the preparation and delivery of high quality meals to our guests
• Work across several shifts including breakfast, lunch, evening, Sunday Lunch and functions
• Be able to prioritise and work under instruction and guidance
• Smart, well presented and be capable of remaining calm whilst under pressure
• Be willing to learn new skills
• Help maintain standards of cleanliness and hygiene in accordance with our policies and procedures and cleaning schedules.
• Working effectively and efficiently and ensuring kitchen is tidy at all times
• Work with a sense of urgency and with attention to detail
• Work with the team to achieve set standards
• Be a team player
• Have an eye for detail and deliver consistent standards
• Have excellent timekeeping skills
Health & Safety
Be committed to good health and safety and access practice, ensuring familiarity and compliance with TAP and PHH policies, procedures and guidelines and the health and safety of visitors, staff, volunteers and contractors at all times.
Person Specification:
Essential
• Food Hygiene L2 or to be achieved within 6 weeks from start date
• Kitchen experience
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills
• Ability to multitask in a busy environment
• Must be passionate about creating food.
• Ability to work within a team or on own initiative as required
• Good personal hygiene
• Problem-solving attitude
• Attention to detail
• Must be flexible to work evenings, weekends & Bank holidays over a 7 days period
Desirable:
• Level 2 in numeracy & literacy
• Basic knife skills
The Auckland Project
The Auckland Project works hard to create a positive change for those living, working and visiting Bishop Auckland. We have created a visitor destination in Bishop Auckland, incorporating Auckland Castle (once home to the Prince Bishops of Durham), a Spanish Art Gallery, Faith Museum, Walled Garden, Deer Park, Mining Art Gallery, Auckland Tower visitor centre and Weardale Railway.
Our visitor destination and community development programme broadly fits into three areas:
1. The social environment: we help individuals and communities by creating a sense of curiosity, hope and faith in themselves and the world around them. We provide opportunities for skills development and partnerships, building a year-round tourist market and supporting small creative industries to thrive
2. The natural environment: we protect, sustain and enhance the world around us
3. The built environment: we restore and enhance the beauty and historic significance of the buildings, structures and assets in our care.
By working with us, you are helping to ensure the town’s future is as magnificent and vibrant as its past.
How to Apply
Apply for this role by emailing recruitment@aucklandproject.org and request an application form.
Closing date: Monday 6th October 2025 at Midnight
We are unable to accept CV’s as application. We only accept a completed application form.
If we receive a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the application process early.
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the Auckland Project and Bishop Auckland. As a member of the kitchen team, you will work alongside our chefs ensuring every guest enjoys fantastic food at the Hotel prepared in a safe and hygienic environment. You will help create high quality dishes in a timely manner, keeping a clean and organised workspace. You will contribute to the delivery of exceptional hospitality; making you a part of an organisation dedicated to the regeneration, conservation and celebration of Bishop Auckland. This will be achieved by maintaining a safe, happy creative workplace founded in professionalism and strong team ethic.
Shifts will cover Monday-Sunday, various early/late shifts including weekends, Christmas and bank holidays.
In return:
We pride ourselves in taking care of our team members. For your efforts we offer free parking on site, access to staff discounts and local benefits, uniform provided, staff discounts/entry into our attractions.
Key Responsibilities:
The post-holder is responsible for the following key deliverables and accountabilities:
• Support the Head Chef and Sous Chef in both the preparation and delivery of high quality meals to our guests
• Work across several shifts including breakfast, lunch, evening, Sunday Lunch and functions
• Be able to prioritise and work under instruction and guidance
• Smart, well presented and be capable of remaining calm whilst under pressure
• Be willing to learn new skills
• Help maintain standards of cleanliness and hygiene in accordance with our policies and procedures and cleaning schedules.
• Working effectively and efficiently and ensuring kitchen is tidy at all times
• Work with a sense of urgency and with attention to detail
• Work with the team to achieve set standards
• Be a team player
• Have an eye for detail and deliver consistent standards
• Have excellent timekeeping skills
Health & Safety
Be committed to good health and safety and access practice, ensuring familiarity and compliance with TAP and PHH policies, procedures and guidelines and the health and safety of visitors, staff, volunteers and contractors at all times.
Person Specification:
Essential
• Food Hygiene L2 or to be achieved within 6 weeks from start date
• Kitchen experience
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills
• Ability to multitask in a busy environment
• Must be passionate about creating food.
• Ability to work within a team or on own initiative as required
• Good personal hygiene
• Problem-solving attitude
• Attention to detail
• Must be flexible to work evenings, weekends & Bank holidays over a 7 days period
Desirable:
• Level 2 in numeracy & literacy
• Basic knife skills
The Auckland Project
The Auckland Project works hard to create a positive change for those living, working and visiting Bishop Auckland. We have created a visitor destination in Bishop Auckland, incorporating Auckland Castle (once home to the Prince Bishops of Durham), a Spanish Art Gallery, Faith Museum, Walled Garden, Deer Park, Mining Art Gallery, Auckland Tower visitor centre and Weardale Railway.
Our visitor destination and community development programme broadly fits into three areas:
1. The social environment: we help individuals and communities by creating a sense of curiosity, hope and faith in themselves and the world around them. We provide opportunities for skills development and partnerships, building a year-round tourist market and supporting small creative industries to thrive
2. The natural environment: we protect, sustain and enhance the world around us
3. The built environment: we restore and enhance the beauty and historic significance of the buildings, structures and assets in our care.
By working with us, you are helping to ensure the town’s future is as magnificent and vibrant as its past.
How to Apply
Apply for this role by emailing recruitment@aucklandproject.org and request an application form.
Closing date: Monday 6th October 2025 at Midnight
We are unable to accept CV’s as application. We only accept a completed application form.
If we receive a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the application process early.