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Are you a ‘people person’ who enjoys building relationships? Are you driven, focussed and determined and would like unlimited earning potential whilst working as part of a high performing, established team?
We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join us!
CJUK are an award-winning, national chef recruitment business with a focus on temporary and permanent placements. Every person in the team is passionate about hospitality and challenging the way businesses approach chef recruitment given the current skills shortages.
Chefs within the hospitality sector are in high demand and business within the industry is at an all-time high, so CJUK are on the lookout for vibrant and energetic people to join our expanding team based in our state-of-the-art offices in Blackburn.
Our workforce is made up of a combination of home grown talent, from those who have completed an apprenticeship with us and moved into leadership roles, to ex-chefs and hospitality professionals who have taken their career in a different direction.
As an Investors in People Gold Award winner, we pride ourselves on ensuring that our team are the very best that they can be.
At CJUK, we offer excellent career progression and vast opportunities for both personal and professional development.
Some of the fantastic benefits we offer to our staff include:
Want to Join our Brilliant Team? 
If you are interested in joining CJUK or would like to learn more about how you can work for us, please contact our Director, Katie Mellor, for a confidential chat today on 01254 355666. You can view all our latest vacancies on our jobs page.
In the meantime, visit our Meet the Team page to see the fantastic people you could be working with!
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CJUK
15 hours ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested to MPs that pubs and restaurants in England could begin to reopen earlier than originally planned, adding that there would also be a review the two-metre social distancing rule in the 'hope' it could be reduced 👇
www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2020/05/28/PM-optimistic-about-pubs-and-restaurants-in-England-r... ...
PM "optimistic" about early reopening of pubs and restaurants in England
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested to MPs that pubs and restaurants in England could begin to reopen earlier than originally planned.Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
CJUK
17 hours ago
Dream team Thursday ⭐️
Tracey is Senior Executive Assistant to our Directors and looks after all things HR and people, including our temporary brigade. She joined the company 7 years ago after moving to the UK from Zimbabwe 👏
It's safe to say Tracey is a real superstar and we couldn't function the same without her!
Read more about Tracey and the rest of the team here 👇
www.chefsjobsuk.com/about-cjuk/meet-the-team/ ...
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CJUK
2 days ago
What has been your most cringeworthy moment as a Chef? 😬
CJUK Chef and Ambassador, Luke said on his last shift in Chez Roux at Cheltenham, he thanked Michel Roux and accidentally called him Michel instead of Chef...
👉 AWKWARD 👈
He took it in good humour, luckily, and still let Luke take a selfie with him! 🤳
Find out more about Luke and our other Ambassadors here:
www.chefsjobsuk.com/cjuk-hub/meet-the-cjuk-ambassadors ...
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CJUK
3 days ago
Are you in need of a DBS check, for yourself or your business? 👇
Don't forget we have a sister company Personnel Checks who are a registered DBS Umbrella Body for the Disclosure and Barring Service & Disclosure Scotland 👌
Find out more: www.personnelchecks.co.uk/ ...
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CJUK
4 days ago
Today marks the start of National BBQ Week! 🍗🍔
What's your favourite thing to cook on the BBQ? Plain and simple burgers and sausages or do you go for something a bit more exotic?
FUN FACT...
One of our Chefs, Dwayne, took 2 weeks off a couple of years ago to build his very own smoker from scratch and tested out lots of recipes and techniques with his son 🥩 ...
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Getting ahead for the #Christmas and New Year season, we have lots of Chef birthdays coming up! 🥳
#Festive #Birthday #Celebrations @CJUKChefs
Do you have a friend or family member who is struggling to find their ideal #Chef role? Maybe they feel under-valued and looking to try out some temporary work? Recommend them to us for the chance to win some goodies 🎁
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Many of our #Chefs tell us that they were anxious about transitioning to temporary work from a permanent job, but since they did they have never looked back... https://buff.ly/2NygwVu #ChefLife #Chefs
Merry Christmas from all of us at Cummins Mellor HQ!
We have our best Christmas jumpers on, let's see how much we can raise for @savechildrenuk #ChristmasJumperDay 🎄🎅
Today is #ChristmasJumperDay and we're wearing our best jumpers to raise money for @savechildrenuk - here's a few of them so far!🎄
We have mince pies, hot chocolate and word on the street is that Santa is coming to visit us later... 👀🎅 #Festive #SecretSanta
Latest News from Chefs Jobs UK
Coronavirus… who’s taken all the biscuits?!
Written on 18-Mar-2020 by sammy
A blog post by CJUK Chef Arron. Over the weekend I’ve spent time around my local community and seen some bizarre things that have started to run out, and biscuits seems to be one of them. So
Updated: CJUK is open for business as usual
Written on 13-Mar-2020 by sammy
Updated: 17th March 2020 We’re working remotely from Wednesday 18th March to prevent the spread of Coronavrius, but don’t worry, it’s business as usual! In light of the new COVID-19 guidance
Meet Joey – CJUK’s Chef of the Month for February!
Written on 09-Mar-2020 by sammy
Congratulations to CJUK Chef, Joey, who has been recognised as our Chef of the Month for his work in February 2020! Joey has had fantastic feedback from all of his jobs so far and he is a pleasure