Chef De Partie - A Great Career

This stylish and elegant hotel is searching for an enthusiastic Chef de Partie to join their kitchen brigade working with a highly talented Head Chef.

As a Chef de Partie, you will be an integral part of the team to lead a section in the kitchen creating the finest dishes and working to the highest of standards.

The key focus of your role is to share your passion for cooking and food with your team and help train and develop them. You will be working in the more informal restaurant within the establishment; however, you will still be required to produce dishes to a high standard.

Main Duties:

1. Plan and oversee day-to-day running of your section to meet service requirements.
2. Follow all health and hygiene standards.
3. Supervise and lead a team of Commis and Demi Chefs.
4. Sample, smell and observe food to ensure conformance to recipes and standards.
5. Take orders from the Sous Chef and give tasks to Commis and Demi Chefs, checking that they are carried out in the correct manner.
6. Write daily wine, dry storage, food requisitions and kitchen transfers on the appropriate forms for the approval of the Sous Chef in order to achieve the high stock rotation desired in the section.
7. Maintain a clean and efficient kitchen section and ensure maximum utilization of food.
8. Participate in food production. Portion meats, fish, vegetables and desserts and utilize food surpluses to control food costs.
9. Communicate with and assist back-of-the-house personnel to maintain efficient food production.
10. Conduct daily food line inspections in section to ensure quality is maintained.

Requirements:

1. Ideally NVQ levels 2 & 3.
2. Experience working in an AA Rosette establishment.
3. Hotel or Restaurant background.
4. Good knowledge of cooking techniques and styles.
5. Good understanding of food, hygiene and safety.
6. COSHH knowledge.
7. Good verbal and written English.
8. Computer literate.
9. The right to work in the United Kingdom.

Benefits:

1. Complimentary nights with breakfast, and 50% discount.
2. Team members awards and incentives schemes.
3. Great Training & Development.
4. Complimentary meals whilst on duty.

For this opportunity, please send us your most recent up-to-date CV. Feel free to apply if you need any further information about this role.

This is a permanent position. All applicants will have a stable CV with excellent traceable references. The person suitable must be experienced in fresh produce and possess NVQ level 1 and 2 or equivalent, and a hygiene certificate.

You must either be working in or a resident in the United Kingdom for this position. You must be able to prove your Right to Work in the United Kingdom; you must be a UK/EU Citizen and have ILR/PR status or hold a work permit/visa with at least 2 years remaining.

In line with the requirements of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process.

Thank you for your interest in this position. Please note that we take your application very seriously, but must stress that applications will only be answered in person if they match the criteria of the position advertised. If we haven't contacted you within 72 hours, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

First Contact Chefs are passionate about fostering careers in the hospitality industry. We believe in professional career development, rather than simply placing candidates in jobs. We nurture talent to ensure an enhancement of our clients and the industry's reputation as a whole and we are great supporters of 'A Passion to Inspire' developing the relationship between the applicant and employer.

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