Chef de Partie

Brownsword Hotels; Chagford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Service charge and tips

Perkbox platform

Staff discounts 25% off food & bev

Staff rate £25 B&B

Employee Assistance Programme

Free meals on duty

Promotion opportunities

Milestone awards

Job summary

Gidleigh Park, part of Brownsword Hotels, is seeking a Chef De Partie to join a passionate kitchen team at our Devon estate. You will work within a Michelin-starred environment, running your own section, turning fresh ingredients into dishes for our guests, and developing your knife skills under senior chefs.

We offer competitive pay with a monthly service charge shared among the team, staff perks via Perkbox, generous staff discounts, and opportunities for progression; meals on duty are

Qualifications

• Experience as a CDP or in a similar kitchen environment.
• Proven ability in preparing fresh dishes.
• Commitment to allergen safety.

Responsibilities

• Work with fresh ingredients to create delicious dishes for guests.
• CDP runs their own section of the kitchen.
• Share knowledge and mentor junior staff (KP’s and Commis).
• Keep the kitchen clean and ensure food safety and hygiene.
• Stay up to date with allergen training and safety procedures.

Skills

Knife skills

Allergen training

Teamwork

Fresh food preparation

Job description

Location:Set on the upper reaches of the River Teign, the 24-bedroom Gidleigh Park enjoys an exquisite location on the very edge of Dartmoor National Park in Devon. With 5 AA red stars, a stunning quality led 1 Michelin starred restaurant and a member of Relais & Châteaux, Gidleigh Park is widely recognised as one of the best hotels and restaurants in the UK, and can offer learning and development opportunities few others can. The hotel may also be able to offer on-site staff accommodation, in order to help the newest members of the team re-locate and settle in, and has free on-site parking. SERVICE CHARGE-We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel-every penny received is paid out to the team. Service charge can be in the region of £395 a month (close to £4,750 per year) over and above base pay for a full time employee.

Come and join our team as a ChefDe Partie and let your passion and personality shine

Our culture is important to us, andwe encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards eachother and our guests.

As a Chef De Partie, you will beworking as part of a passionate team of chefs. You will play a crucial part ofserving delicious dishes for our guests to enjoy.

This role would suit someone whohas worked in a similar environment previously.

Check out some of the key pointsabout the role:

• You’ll be working with fresh food,turning it into delicious dishes for our guests.
• Our CDP’s run their own section of thekitchen.
• As a skilled chef, you’ll get to reallyput those knife skills to the test, whilst learning new skills from our seniorchefs along the way.
• We want to keep everyone safe, so you’llneed to keep up to date with the latest allergen training.
• Being one team, everyone in the kitchenis responsible for keeping it clean.
• Nobody wants out of date food, solabelling your food is important.
• As an experienced chef, we encourage youto share your knowledge with new, budding KP’s and Commis coming into theindustry.

Work/life, or as it should be calledlife/work balance is important to us all, so we will always try to be fair withour rotas. We just ask that you can beflexible with us, so we can be flexible with you in return.

To say thank you, we havemany perks:

• Competitive pay – We are proud thateveryone who joins our group gets a competitive a rate of pay, irrespectiveof age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
• Treat yourself once in a while with lotsof retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
• Excellent discounts across our familyofhotels you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotelsplus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across thegroup & your friends and family get special rates too.
• We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so weoffer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you requireabout anything you might need as part of our Employee AssistanceProgramme.
• We sustain you physically too, meals whenyou are on duty are free.
• To be the best version of yourself, weencourage our teams to be curious. Everyone can learn and develop -our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in thebusiness.
• We provide lots of opportunity toprogress and move up we have made hundreds of internal promotions,including to General Manager level.
• We like to say a special thank you forevery year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne,afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach thebig milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays,extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.

About our family of hotels

We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, readyto welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simplymemorable.

Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky inpersonality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simplethings that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special andwelcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.

We have very unique hotels in very special locations, fromthe award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle toour stylish boutique townhouse in the heart of Chelsea to see the wholegroup, take a look herewww.brownswordhotels.co.uk

If you're the type ofperson that likes to learn and share the wisdom, get in touch

Compensation: Competitive salary