Chef De Partie

Thomas Franks; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wider wallet scheme (discounts atmajor

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave - up to one day per

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adot

Cycle to work scheme.

Recommend a friend bonus.

Unrivalled individual training and dev

Well established apprenticeship scheme

Team & company social events.

Employee assistance programme.

Excellent career progression within a

Job summary

Thomas Franks is recruiting a Kitchen Chef at our Birmingham location. This is a full-time, permanent contract offering 35 hours per week and a salary of £15.19 per hour.

You will work with fresh seasonal ingredients, regularly changing bespoke menus, and showcase your creativity while keeping brand standards and food hygiene policies.

Key perks include the wider wallet scheme, free meals on duty, cycle to work, and excellent career progression within our established catering group.

Qualifications

• Genuine interest in food and excellent customer service.
• An all-round team player.
• Innovation and passion for great food.
• An organised person with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• To work well in a team, working alongside the Chef team, providing Breakfast & Lunch.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following brand standards.
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Skills

Genuine interest in food

Excellent customer service

Team player

Attention to detail

Creativity

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: £15.19 per Hour
Hours: 35 per week

A top performing prep school in Birmingham for children from Nursery to Year 8. Catering for just under 600 students and teachers daily.

We are looking for a talented Chef to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Birmingham

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities:

To work well in a team, Working alonside assisting the Chef team .. providing Breakfast & Lunch
To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
Excellent customer service skills

You will have the following skills:

A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
An all-round team player
Innovation and passion for great food
An organised person with attention to detail

Knowledge / competencies:
Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).


• Free meals on duty


• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.


• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.


• Cycle to work scheme.


• Recommend a friend bonus.


• Unrivalled individual training and development.


• Well established apprenticeship programme.


• Team & company social events.


• Employee assistance programme.


• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.