Chef de Partie

Caravan Restaurants; Greater London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals & drinks when working

Dining discount when visiting with家族 &

Coffee discount

Mental health and well-being support

Financial health education and support

Leadership training and development

Birthday & Anniversary Treat - Caravan

Development and career progression

Job summary

Caravan Restaurants is seeking a Chef de Partie in London to join our vibrant kitchen team. You will help prepare our well-travelled dishes inspired by New Zealand influences and global flavours, and contribute to an exceptional Caravan of Love guest experience.

We value ownership, a willingness to learn, and the use of fresh ingredients. This role offers an exciting path as we expand with new openings on the horizon and a supportive, inclusive team culture.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be serving up our famous ‘well-travelled’ food, inspired by flavours from our founders’ New Zealand heritage and global travels.
• You’ll support the restaurant team with the Caravan of Love customer experience.
• You will be open to learning to develop your knowledge and skills.
• You’ll take ownership of your role and thrive in a kitchen environment.
• You’ll love to cook with fresh ingredients.

Job description

Chef de Partie

Overall earnings up to £17.36 per hour, dependent on experience.

At Caravan, we share a love of mighty fine coffee, hand crafted good food and friendly vibes. Since 2010, we have built our award-winning restaurants and roastery as well asinvesting time, money and resources into initiatives that have a positive impact on the world around us. We believe in pushing boundaries and challenging perceptions, championing people, community, diversity, inclusion and sustainability.

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to invite a fun, talented, prolific Chef de Partie who knows how to support a team and wants to share their passion for cuisine with their team & guests. We would love to hear from you if you’re up for a new venture and a fresh start. It’s an exciting time to join us as we’re looking forward to expanding in the coming years, with new openings on the horizon

To say thanks for choosing us, we also offer our Chef de Partie and all teams:

• Free meals & drinks when working
• Dining discount when visiting with family & friends.
• Coffee discount
• Mental health and well-being support
• Financial health education and support
• Leadership training and development
• Birthday & Anniversary Treat - on your birthday and on your work anniversary, you'll receive a Caravan voucher to spend in any of our restaurants
• Development and career progression, 80% of all our management roles are filled internally.

What you'll be doing as a Caravan Chef de Partie:

• You’ll be serving up our famous ‘well-travelled’ food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders’ native New Zealand, as well as their global travels.
• You’ll also support the restaurant team with our ‘Caravan of Love’ customer experience
• You will be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills
• You’ll take ownership of your role and thrive in a kitchen environment
• You'll love to cook with fresh ingredients

Caravan Values

We live by 4 core values. We expect our Chef de Partie andall ourteams to live, promote and role model these values at all times;

1. Caravan of Love
2. No boundaries
3. Well-travelled
4. All welcome

Sustainability

• We expect our teams to support environmental stewardship targets and efficiency goals by following departmental environmental policies and monitoring own usage of vital resources such as energy, disposable goods, and food waste, to name a few.

Diversity & Inclusion

• All our teams must respect individual differences with regards to identity, national and cultural background, and level of experience in all interactions while at work, including with members of the public.