Chef

TN United Kingdom; Bletchley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a renowned industry player as a Chef at their Fenny Lock site, where you'll create exceptional meals using fresh ingredients. This full-time role offers a dynamic working environment with a focus on quality and customer service. You'll be part of a passionate team dedicated to culinary excellence, ensuring every dish meets the highest standards. Enjoy a range of benefits, including discounts and a supportive work-life balance. If you're ready to showcase your culinary skills and contribute to a vibrant dining experience, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Full uniform supplied

Free Meals on Duty

Free parking on site

Partnership discount

Discounted cinema tickets

Discounted holiday rates

Good work-life balance

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in industrial catering is advantageous.
• Ability to oversee daily operations and food presentation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, serve, and present food to a high standard.
• Support with ordering food and equipment for the Dining Room.

Skills

NVQ Level 2 in Professional Cookery

Operational experience in Dining Room facilities

Stakeholder management skills

Knife skills

Understanding of food safety management

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Professional Cookery

Tools

Food Monitoring systems

Job description

Fast hot environment

Customer service daily

Job Summary:

At the John Lewis Partnership, we’re passionate about using ingredients with provenance to produce fresh seasonal meals that are second to none.

It’s not just for our customers either – whether you’re visiting The Place To Eat at John Lewis & Partners or backstage in our Partner Dining Rooms, you’ll find the same quality food on offer, cooked to the highest possible standards. Find out more about catering at the Partnership here:

We are looking for 3 chefs to join our team here at Fenny Lock

Job Description:

At a glance

We are looking forTHREEfull time Chefs to work at our Fenny Lock site.

Hours :

• The working pattern will be both:

• Earlies: 7:00-15:00

• Lates - 11:00-19:00

• These will be over 5 days, to include 2 out of 4 weekends

Salary range

• The annual salary for this role is between £24,400-£31,000. This role comes with a shift premium subject to hours worked. This will be discussed at interview stage.

Contract type

• These are permanent roles

About the role

You also can view a copy of the full job outline here

• External applicants- please view the attached job outline

• Internal applicants- please use the link below

Essential skills you’ll need

• NVQ Level 2 in Professional Cookery or equivalent

• Operational experience in Dining Room facilities and/or The Hospitality industry

• Stakeholder management or senior influencing skills

Desirable skills you could bring

• Food Safety Level 3

What will you do

• Full Site & Department Induction training from day 1

• Experience in Industrial catering advantageous

• Knife skills

• Covering all aspects of cooking

• Menu creation using fresh ingredients

• Fast hot environment

• Customer service daily

• Understanding the food safety management system-Food safety policy & COSHH chemical handling

• Using our Food Monitoring systems to take food temperatures & delivery temperatures

• Supporting Hospitality Catering Assistant & Apprentices

• The new starter will be put through online training Food Safety Level 2 within 3 months & Food safety level 3 straight after both of these will be mandatory once in role

• Hands on in all areas including cleaning ,stock control, putting deliveries away, counter service, shift close down

• Supporting with ordering food and equipment for the Dining Room and uniforms

Job Requirements

• Apply the John Lewis food safety policies and procedures which include all legislation applicable to the Catering operation

• Ability to oversee the opening, closing and daily running of the operation

• Prepare, serve and present food to a high standard

Benefits of the Partnership and the role

• We believe in rewarding our Partners for their time and energy. After all, they’re the ones that make the John Lewis Partnership special. Benefits include:

• Full uniform supplied including safety shoes

• Free Meals on Duty depending on hours worked

• Free parking on site.

• Once you’ve been with us for three months, you’ll get Partnership discount in store and online. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners. You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount.

• Discounted cinema tickets & VIP suites with discounted tickets at the O2 arena

• Discounted rates on holidays at the John Lewis Partnerships hotels, where only Partners and their guests can stay

• Good work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing established equal parenthood leave Policy

And much more! Find out more about our benefits here

Important Information - Application and Interview Process

• The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process").

• Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, will include a one to one interview (and a technical cooking task)

• You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

• We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, therefore, we recommend you apply early.

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Pay:

£24,400.00 - £31,000.00 Annual

Scheduled Weekly hours:

37.5

Worker Type:

Permanent Partner

Job Level:

Partnership Level 9

Hours of Work:

The working pattern will be both Earlies: 7:00-15:00 and Lates - 11:00-19:00. These will be over 5 days, to include 2 out of 4 weekends

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