Job description: Prepare in-flight meals, work in transit hotels, cater in the field under canvas and cook for VIPs
Pay after one year: £16,200
Joining age: 16 – 29
Category: Airmen/airwomen
Usual service: 9 years
Open to: men or women
Similar civilian jobs:
Chef
Caterer
Qualifications: 2 GCSEs/SCEs at grade G/6 minimum or equivalent in English language and maths
Nationality: Citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland since birth; or a naturalised British citizen
As an RAF Chef you cover a far larger field of professional experience than your civilian counterparts: from cafeterias to five-star themed banquets, 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. If you join with qualifications, you’ll start your professional work significantly higher in the RAF’s rank and pay structure.