Chef de Partie

Iconic Hotels & Resorts; New Milton; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation

Meals on duty

Healthcare cashback

Career development

Friends & family rate

Food & beverage discount

Spa discount

Refer a friend

Team events

Job summary

Chewton Glen, part of Iconic Hotels & Resorts, is seeking a Chef de Partie to support the Head Chef in maintaining the kitchen’s high standards. You will work across sections, ensuring consistent quality and timing during service at a luxury 5-star property.

The role calls for previous CDP experience, a passion for contemporary trends, and a keen eye for detail. Accommodation and meals on duty are provided, with opportunities for career development within the group.

Qualifications

• Experience in working at Chef de Partie level is essential.
• Experience in running a section with a rosette background is desirable.
• Passion for food and food trends.
• You will have keen eye for detail, organisational skills and confident in communicating with the team.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Chef during service for timing and progress of all dishes
• Liaise with the Sous Chef and Head Chef with reference to possible improvements/difficulties in your section
• Take ownership to ensure that the presentation, taste, texture and quantity are maintained to the hotel's 5 star standards
• Be confident and fully conversant with the menu and to be adaptable with continual changes to ensure that the menu is kept in line with customer demands and Company policies.
• To ensure that the correct and same ingredients are used as specified by the Head Chef to ensure quality is upheld at all times

Skills

Chef de Partie experience

Rosette background desirable

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Team communication

Passion for food trends

Job description

Chewton Glen is a true English original. From the unique 72 bedrooms including 14 one of a kind Treehouses, to the award-winning spa and state of the art James Martin cookery school, it has an abundance of ways to revive your senses. The blissful 130 acres of woodland are home to an indoor and outdoor tennis centre, a 9-hole golf course, heritage orchard, 70 working beehives, a walled kitchen garden, croquet lawn and more.

As Chef de Partie (CDP) you will be responsible for the preparation of food under the supervision of the Head Chef

What's in it for you as CDP?

• £34,599.04 salary at 48 hours per week
• £28,832.53 salary at 40 hours per week
• c. £7,560 non-contractual service charge
• Accommodation available if required
• Meals included on duty
• Employee recognition awards
• Cashback healthcare cover after probation
• Continued career development with recognised training providers
• Generous friends and family rate at Iconic Luxury Hotels
• 25% discount on all food and beverage
• Discount on spa treatment and products
• Refer a friend incentive
• Team social events, seasonal gifts and much more…

Chef de Partie (CDP) - About you

• Experience in working at Chef de Partie level is essential
• Experience in running a section with a rosette background is desirable
• Passion for food and food trends
• You will have keen eye for detail, organisational skills and confident in communicating with the team

Responsibilities of theChef de Partie(CDP) role

• Assist the Head Chef during service for timing and progress of all dishes
• Liaise with the Sous Chef and Head Chef with reference to possible improvements/difficulties in your section
• Take ownership to ensure that the presentation, taste, texture and quantity are maintained to the hotel's 5 star standards
• Be confident and fully conversant with the menu and to be adaptable with continual changes to ensure that the menu is kept in line with customer demands and Company policies.
• To ensure that the correct and same ingredients are used as specified by the Head Chef to ensure quality is upheld at all times