Chef de Partie - Bluebird Inn

JW Lees; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tips & tronc

Profit share

Staff discount 30%

On-shift 50% food

Hotel stays discount

Wellbeing support

Career development

JW BenefitHub access

Job summary

JW Lees is seeking a Chef de Partie to join their kitchen team. The role focuses on cooking with fresh ingredients, teamwork, and upholding health and safety standards while managing stock for your section. There is room for growth through internal development programmes and apprenticeships.

You will work in a well-equipped kitchen in JW Lees’ pubs, inns and hotels, with competitive pay, tips, and staff benefits. A strong commitment to quality and team collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience cooking with fresh ingredients.
• Eye for detail and teamwork.
• Commitment to Health & Safety standards in the kitchen.
• Stock management and section oversight.
• Motivation to develop skills and progress professionally.

Responsibilities

• Cook with fresh ingredients and maintain quality.
• Work well in a team with strong attention to detail and consistency.
• Maintain Health & Safety standards and scores in the kitchen.
• Manage and rotate stock and oversee your section.
• Be motivated to develop skills and progress to the next level.

Skills

Cooking

Teamwork

Health & Safety

Stock management

Attention to detail

Tools

Kitchen equipment

Job description

Chef de Partie Vacancy

We arelooking for aChef de Partieto join our fabulous team

What we offer our Chef de Parties:

• Competitive pay plus cash tips and tronc (that’s your card tips that are paid into your bank)
• Annual profit share bonus, ensuring you share in the success of the company
• Well equipped kitchen with maintained kit plus good quality produce
• 30% discount on food and drink across our pubs, inns and hotels for you and friends and family
• 50% off food when on shift
• Discounted stays in our hotels and inns
• 24 hour confidential wellbeing support, plus counselling provided by the Licenced Trade Charity
• Great opportunities to grow in your role and progress your career with our internal and external development programmes and culinary apprenticeships
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption policies
• Access to JW BenefitHub, giving you access to a huge range of high street and online discounts

What a Chef de Partie does at JW Lees:

• Has a passion and experience of cooking with fresh food
• Has an eye for detail and consistency and canwork well in a team
• Be conscious of Health & Safety in the Kitchen, working with the team to achieve and maintain 5* Scores on the doors
• Manage and rotate your stock and oversee the running of your section
• Be highly motivated and eager to develop your skills and progress to the next level.

About JW Lees:

Proudly family owned and nearly 200 years old, JW Lees are the original modern, traditional brewer. With 150 pubs, inns and hotels across the North West and North Wales, we are passionate about great beer, fantastic food and memorable experiences.

We put people at the heartof our business, always doing the right thing and always sticking together. Our six values are at the heartof everything we do:

Proud - Savvy - Honest - Passionate - Personal - Together