Hospitality Chef

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Date: 11 Mar 2026

Location: East Midlands Airport, GB

Company: MAG

Summary

 

  • Hospitality Chef
  • Based at East Midlands Airport
  • Temporary contract until 31st October 2026
  • Hours available: 24 or 32 hours per week
  • £14.79 per hour

 

Why CAVU?

 

For airports, for partners, for people. We are CAVU.

 

At CAVU our purpose is to find new and better ways to make airport travel seamless and enjoyable for everybody. From the smallest ideas to the biggest changes. Every day here is about creating better travel experiences.

 

From our revenue accelerating single platform technology, Propel, through to our world-class hospitality venues including Escape Lounges & aether – our solutions make travel more seamless and enjoyable for passengers, and more profitable for our clients and partners.

 

We know that to bring your best ideas, you need the space to think, the right support, and the freedom to be your true, authentic self.

 

Whether you’re working from our offices, from home, in a lounge, or out on the road, we provide the environment to create, innovate, and transform airport travel.

 

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impact, bring new ideas to life, and push boundaries, then CAVU is the place for you.

 

Together, we can reach new heights. Together, we are CAVU.

 

 

As a CAVU employee you will have access to some great benefits including: 

 

  • Access to our employee rewards portal with discounts and savings
  • 24hour Employee Assistance Programme
  • Fantastic career development opportunities
  • Tax free Airside shopping in our departure lounge
  • Meals on duty

 

The role

 

We are currently recruiting for a Chef to join our Airport Lounge Hospitality Team. 

  

Principal accountabilities include:

 

  • To follow recipes and/or product directions for preparing and cooking all varieties of foods.
  • Operate a variety of kitchen equipment.
  • Prepare foods to be cooked. Some of the preparation procedures are, but not limited to, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding.
  • Maintain the food offering ensuring presentation meets operating standards
  • Maintain stock levels, receive delivery of supplies, ensure stored correctly, rotate and maintain.
  • Ensure floors are swept and mopped or vacuumed, ensure equipment is cleaned, sanitised and stored correctly.
  • To dispose of waste, including recycling, in the appropriate manner and if required to remove it to the designated location.
  • Assist in one-to-one training of new staff, including subcontracted supplier staff, to uphold the high level of presentation, hospitality and service.

 

What will make you successful in the role?

 

We are looking for a chef who has/is: 

 

  • A solid background in hospitality and service sectors, with a proven track record of high-end delivery
  • A team player with an absolute first-class approach to customer service
  • Experienced in and with demonstrable examples of flexibility across long trading days
  • Numerical and analytical skills to process and interrogate data to provide performance information to deliver on budgets
  • Computer literate on mainstream PC applications
  • Experience of working on own initiative

  

Early shifts can start as early as 2.00am and late shifts can finish as late as 23:00pm. Our Lounges are open 7 days a week. 

  

 

How do I apply? 
  
Please submit your up-to date CV and a covering letter detailing how you meet the role criteria. 

 

  

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

 

We’re building something brilliant at MAG: a diverse team of Journey Makers who share our values and want to make a difference. We’re on a mission to be number one in our industry, and that takes talent in all its forms. With so many exciting roles across our airports and businesses, there’s space for your unique strengths to shine.

 

Whether this is your first role or your next big step, we want to hear from you – even if you don’t think you tick every box. What matters most is what you bring.

 

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you need any adjustments to support your application or interview, just let us know. We’re committed to helping you perform at your best.

 

At MAG, every journey matters. Our Colleague Communities play a big part in that: Women’s Network, Embrace (Race & Ethnicity), Fly with Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mind Matters (Mental Health), PACT (Parents & Carers), RespectABILITY (Disability & Neurodiversity), and the CAVU Global ID&E Affinity Group.