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Tablehurst Farm Limited
London Road, Forest Row RH18 5DP
Posted: 29 Jan 2026
Deadline: 15 Mar 2026
Compensation: £12.60+/hour
Job description
Do you have a passion for cooking and love the idea of working on a farm? Are you able to create lunch menus daily from meat and vegetables grown on/provided by the farm?
Tablehurst Farm is looking for a Farm Kitchen Chef for either Monday to Friday OR Wednesday to Friday. Each work day is 5.5 hours from 9am to 3.00pm (which includes an unpaid break of 1/2 an hour). Hours to include food preparation, ordering of ad-hoc ingredients, clearing away and cleaning kitchen after lunch, and ensuring that all food hygiene procedures are followed.
The hot lunches include a main meal (which may include a meat and always a vegetarian option/gluten free meal) and a dessert for up to 40 people (the number to feed varies from day to day). Lunch is served at 1pm daily. Fresh ingredients used will come from our biodynamic/organic farm produce.
Candidates with Level-3 Food Hygiene certificate are preferred as well as the ability to cook in quantity.
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 27.5 hours over Monday to Friday OR 16.5 hours over Wednesay to Friday
Salary: Competitive for successful candidate
Benefits:
Discounted or free food
Employee discount
Free parking
Ability to commute/relocate to Forest Row, RH18 5PD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application information
Email your CV to office@tablehurstfarm.org.uk
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About Tablehurst Farm Limited
Tablehurst Farm is an Award winning Biodynamic/Organic Community Farm situated in Forest Row, East Sussex. Tablehurst is committed to biodynamics as its core farming philosophy, and to community engagement as a central pillar of our work. In 2024 we received an award from the Biodynamic Association for being a “Farm of Outstanding Biodynamic Practice”. We won the 2022 BBC Food and Farming Award for Food Producer of the Year, and in 2021 we won Sussex Butcher of the Year at the Sussex Food and Drinks Awards.
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