Chef de Partie

Andrew Brownsword Hotels; Devon and Torbay; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

On-site staff accommodation

Free meals on duty

Staff discounts

Perkbox perks

Job summary

Gidleigh Park, part of Andrew Brownsword Hotels, invites applications for a Chef De Partie on the Dartmoor edge in Devon. You will join a passionate kitchen team, working with fresh ingredients and developing knife skills under the guidance of senior chefs.

This role offers a supportive work culture with opportunities to learn, grow, and contribute to a Michelin-starred restaurant environment while enjoying onsite staff accommodations where available.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a kitchen environment preferred.
• Ability to handle fresh produce and maintain high standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare dishes as part of a skilled kitchen team.
• Maintain hygiene and allergen awareness in line with training.
• Assist senior chefs and share knowledge with junior staff.

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