Chef de Partie

Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch; Greater London; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch is seeking a Chef de Partie to join our bustling kitchen team in London. You will support the brigade, prep recipes, and ensure consistent quality across all outlets, while maintaining cleanliness and safety standards.

You thrive in a dynamic environment, are hands-on, and are driven by learning and creating memorable guest experiences with fresh, local ingredients. This full-time role offers a stable schedule and opportunities to grow within the team.

Qualifications

• Experience: Required
• Employment: Full-time
• Salary: £12.71 hourly

Responsibilities

• Assist and supervise the agreed standard of food service during shift.
• Liaise and co-operate with staff in relation to production and service of food.
• Assist in training staff in the department.
• Promote safe kitchen practices under Health and Safety regulations.
• Check all prepared mise en place and stocks and replenish as necessary, informing Head/Sous Chef of shortages.
• Help prevent pilferage from stores and maintain stock rotation.
• Control wastage by maintaining stock levels and avoiding overproduction.
• Be aware of food cost percentage and run the section within guidelines.
• Remain on duty until next shift or discharge by Head/Sous Chef.

Job description

**Your mission:**. ***Should you choose to accept it…***. We have arrived and are open, please come on in. Virgin Hotel London Shoreditch!.. . As Chef de Partie, you are our all around background star. From prepping recipes to putting out dishes you do it cleanly and quietly. You love to watch our guests walk away happy. You’re very driven by fresh local food and want to be a part of creating the next best thing.. This position is made for someone who is a hard worker and is driven by learning and excitement to create memorable cuisine for a great guest experience each and every day. This person executes recipes that directly impact every outlet of the hotel.. .

**Who we are:**

We love what we do and what we do is important! We believe that everyone should leave feeling better - this means not just our guests, but also our teammates. Everyone should go home feeling better because they learned something new or had fun working that day. Therefore, we hire unique individuals who work together to create amazing experiences for our guests. We recognise that every team member contributes to the whole hotel's success. No one is more important than anyone else, and unless we are in it together, we can't create that special experience for our guests.. .

**General Accountabilities:**

• Assist and supervise the agreed standard of food service during shift..
• Liaise and co-operate effectively with all other associated members of staff in relation to all aspects of the production and service of food..
• Assist in the supervision of suitable and adequate training for all staff in the department..
• Promote the safe use of the kitchen, its equipment and building under the Health and Safety at Work acts, Hygiene and other regulations..
• To check all prepared mis en place and food stocks (including dry stores) and replenish as necessary, and inform Head Chef or Sous Chef of any relevant shortages..
• To assist in the prevention of pilferage from the dry stores and refrigeration within the department..
• To control wastage by maintaining the correct stock levels and rotation from dry stores and avoid the over production of food and mis en place..
• To be aware of the required food cost percentage and run the section within these guidelines at all times..
• To assist other sections of the kitchen in the production and service of food or the cleaning down of the section as and when required due to the workload..
• To remain on duty until the following shift takes over or until you are discharged by the Head Chef or Sous Chef.

Experience: Required
Employment: Full-time
Salary: £12.71 hourly

About Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch:

Bringing the brand back to where it all began, Virgin Hotel London-Shoreditch brings personalized hospitality to Shoreditch.