Apprentice Cook Lab & Kitchen Ijsselstein

You will come to work in our production kitchen in IJsselstein, the place where our culinary dreams become reality. Easily accessible by car and public transport, with parking facilities in the nearby area. Here, atmosphere, passion, and a constant drive to surprise prevail. In the kitchen, you taste ambition: not standard, but culinary craftsmanship with courage.

Vermaat Events provides hospitality at diverse events and locations: from large sporting events such as the Grand Prix and the KLM Open to high-end dinners in the Rijksmuseum or the veterans' days in the National Military Museum.

From the production kitchen, you will work together with a close-knit team of chefs, production employees, and event colleagues. You strengthen each other and together set the tone for unforgettable experiences, both for guests and clients.

In your role as an apprentice cook at this location, you will learn in practice how to keep a professional kitchen running. You will support the kitchen team, assist with preparations, and ensure that your part of the kitchen remains neat and organized. In this way, you help the team to serve our guests well and efficiently.

• You prepare basic dishes and learn new cooking techniques;
• You support mise en place and daily preparations;
• You work according to HACCP rules and keep your workplace clean and organized;
• You replenish supplies and signal when something is running out;
• You help with plating and issuing dishes;
• You learn to work at the pace of a busy kitchen.

For the position of apprentice cook, you bring motivation, eagerness to learn, and an interest in cooking. You are following a BBL training program and want to develop yourself in a professional kitchen. You can pick up speed, remain calm during busy periods, and have an eye for hygiene and collaboration.

• You are following a BBL cook training program and are enrolled at an mbo school;
• You enjoy learning from experienced colleagues and ask questions;
• You work neatly and follow HACCP rules;
• You are flexibly deployable, also on weekends and during holidays;
• You speak and understand Dutch;
• You can apply for a VOG.