Chef de Partie

ENGINEERINGUK; Cookham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and friendly kitchen team at a unique hotel by the River Thames. This role offers the chance to showcase your culinary skills and creativity while ensuring a high-quality dining experience. You'll be involved in menu production, supervising staff, and maintaining food safety standards. Enjoy working in a beautiful setting with opportunities for personal and professional growth. If you have a passion for food and a desire to make a difference, this position is perfect for you!

Benefits

Optional Live-In Accommodation

Private Bedroom

Shared Kitchen and Bathroom

Qualifications

• Relevant chef qualifications and experience in a professional kitchen.
• Creative with a professional demeanor and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the day-to-day running of the kitchen and produce high-quality dishes.
• Supervise the department and provide guidance to the Commis Chef.

Skills

Professional Chef Qualifications

Creativity

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Good Palette

Education

City & Guilds Diplomas in Professional Cookery

BTEC HNC in Professional Cookery

City & Guilds 706 1 and 2 or NVQ equivalent

Tools

Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2

Job description

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About the role
You'll be working as part of our friendly team to ensure the efficient day to day running of the kitchen and to assist in providing a consistently high quality dining experience while maintaining sales, reputation and profit of the kitchen as agreed by the Head Chef and Sous Chef. You'll add value to the efficient and profitable running of the kitchen in order to achieve your business and personal objectives, along with those of your team and the hotel. You'll need to be flexible to work in different areas, if required, and adhering to all health and safety requirements at all times.
Contract type - This position is permanent.

Salary - The full time (37.5 hour) salary range for this role is £24,400 - £31,000 however expected salary is £29,280 - £37,200 based on a 45 hour week that we are currently recruiting for.

Hours of work-

Vacancy 1

45 hours per week 11am - 9pm - weekends on a rota basis

Vacancy 2 & 3

45 hours per week Earliest start time 6 am - latest finish 9 pm weekends on a rota basis

Optional Live-In - private bedroom with shared Kitchen and bathroom up to £135 pcm deduction from salary.

Key responsibilities

Our Chef de Partie operates as a valued member of our talented and friendly Catering team demonstrating a real passion for food and being motivated to invent, produce and present quality dishes in accordance with our hotel offer.

You'll also be involved in assisting in the day to day running of the kitchen by producing agreed menus to a high standard, supervising the department when required, providing guidance to the Commis Chef, controlling stock and minimising wastage.

We work to a high standard and as a key part of the team you'll comply with all food safety policies, procedures and practices as essential when working in catering.

Essential skills/experience you'll need

• Relevant professional chef qualifications: City & Guilds diplomas in professional cookery, BTEC HNC in professional cookery or equivalent
  
• We are looking for someone creative with a professional demeanour who must be able to work under pressure, demonstrating flair and a good palette with experience working in a professional kitchen.
  

Desirable skills/experience you may have

• City & Guilds 706 1 and 2 or NVQ equivalent.
  
• Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2.
  
• Good communication skills and computer literate.
  

About Odney:

If you are looking for a hotel with something different and some history to work in, then The Odney Hotel, our Place by the River could be for you. This is a beautiful and unique John Lewis Partnership owned hotel, set in 130 acres by the River Thames in Cookham, Berkshire. It offers both character and charm to our guests.

The guests can stay in one of 5 beautiful houses on the site, or one of 5 Air bnb's each maintaining the period look of it's time with access to the picturesque grounds including a private stretch of river, water gardens, a pool and sports facilities. The main building Lullebrook Manor and it's grounds are thought to have been the inspiration for the classic novel The Wind in The Willows bringing history along with relaxation.

Relaxation can be further achieved with a visit to our Serenity Therapy suite, offering beauty treatments and massages or afternoon tea on the terrace, a drink in the bar or a meal overlooking the river.

Important points to note:

It's important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you'll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.