Chef De Partie

Thomas Franks Ltd; Horsham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Horsham seeks a talented Chef De Partie to join their team. You will work in a fast-paced kitchen, using fresh seasonal ingredients to create bespoke menus. Responsibilities include catering for pupils and teachers while ensuring high food standards. A strong passion for food and a team player mentality are essential. Benefits include free meals on duty, discounts at major retailers, and substantial training opportunities.

Benefits

Discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms

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

Individual training and development

Well established apprenticeship programme

Social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding and use of spoken English.
• Ability to demonstrate written English and reading skills.

Responsibilities

• Work well in a team providing catering services to pupils and teachers.
• Produce food using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch.
• Ensure food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Follow Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies.

Skills

Interest in food & excellent customer service

All-round team player

Innovation and passion for great food

Organised with attention to detail

Understanding basics of food cost and wastage

Job description

Chef De Partie

Horsham

Contract : Full Time , Permanent

Salary : 26000

Hours : 37.5 hours term time only. School calendar per week

A co-educational independent day and boarding school in Horsham, West Sussex. Catering for a total of 430 students and teachers. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch and supper. This is a term-time role, working 40 weeks. This is mainly a Monday to Friday operation with a very busy hospitality offering. Additional benefits of this location would be free parking on site.

We are looking for a talented Chef De Partie to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Horsham.

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.

Key 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 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 the following skills

• 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.

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.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

Benefits

• 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.

About us

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.

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.