Chef De Partie

Thomas Franks Ltd; Henley-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Wider wallet scheme

On-site parking

Gym access

Staff discounts

Apprenticeship programme

Career progression

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd in Henley-on-Thames is seeking a talented Chef De Partie to join our school catering team. You will contribute to meals for pupils and teachers, cooking from scratch with fresh ingredients and keeping brand standards high.

You’ll work in a fast-paced kitchen, focusing on quality, food cost awareness and waste control, with a 5-out-of-7 pattern during term-time plus 45–52 weeks. DBS checks apply as part of safeguarding.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous level.
• Ability to work well in a team and follow brand standards.
• Knowledge of food hygiene, health & safety and allergen control.
• Understanding of food cost and wastage.

Responsibilities

• To work well in a team of chefs providing catering services to pupils and teachers.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the company’s brand standards.
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Maintaining high standards of food hygiene and safety policies, including allergen control.

Skills

Team player

Food prep

Waste control

Food hygiene

CDP level

Job description

• To work well in a team of chefs providing catering services to pupils and teachers
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
  You will have previous experience of working within a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level.
• You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.,
• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised Chef with attention to detail
• Understand the basics of food cost and wastage.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred
  We are looking for a talented Chef De Partie to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Henley-on-Thames., Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success. An independent day and boarding school for boys aged 11-18 and girls aged 16-18 located just outside Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Catering for 650 students and teachers. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch, supper, snacks, sixth form café and a good amount of hospitality through the year. Depending on the role, we offer a term-time plus contract between 45 - 52 weeks. This is a 7-day operation so working pattern would be 5 out of 7. Additional benefit of this location is free on site parking, use of gym in certain staff times, use of swimming pool in certain staff-only times during summer.
• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

Knowledge / competencies:

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.

Disclaimer All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role. An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared. Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.