Chef

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Job description: Prepare in-flight meals, work in RAF Messes and in the field under canvas, and cook for VIPs.

Please note this trade is receiving a high volume of applications and is currently over-subscribed.

Pay after one year: £17,140

Joining age: 16 – 29

Category: Airmen/airwomen

Usual service: 9 years

Open to: men or women

Similar civilian jobs:

  • Chef
  • Caterer

Qualifications you need: 2 GCSEs/SCEs at Grade G/6 minimum or equivalent in English language and maths

Qualifications you can gain: Apprenticeship in hospitality, including NVQ Level 2 in food preparation and cooking

Nationality: Citizen of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, or a Commonwealth citizen since birth

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As an RAF Chef, you cover a far larger field of professional experience than your civilian counterparts: from cafeterias to five-star themed banquets in Officers’ and Sergeants’ Messes, preparing in-flight meals, catering in the field under canvas and cooking for VIPs. If you lack qualifications, you can join as an unqualified Chef and be trained at the RAF Catering Training Squadron at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire. If you join with qualifications, you’ll start your professional work significantly higher in the RAF’s rank and pay structure.

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