Chef De Partie (Casual)

Derby City Council; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

The Museum of Making, operated by Derby Museums, is seeking a Chef De Partie to join the kitchen brigade at our Derby site. You will manage a section of the fresh food kitchen, work with locally sourced produce, and contribute to café service and event catering.

Responsibilities include stocking, prep, and coordinating across sections during busy service. Experience in a fresh food kitchen is preferred, with a passion for learning and teamwork encouraged.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fresh food kitchen at any level.
• 2 years’ experience as a Commis Chef or Junior CDP preferable, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Collect and prepare fresh fish from local markets.
• Help manage and organise stock.
• Rotate between kitchen sections and manage a specific area during busy cafe and corporate service.
• Support events catering for groups from 10 to 200 guests and maintain cafe service.
• Comply with Derby Museums’ standards and Hospitality Charter.

Skills

Kitchen environment

Food safety

Organised

Team player

Tools

Stock management

Job description

Job description

Salary: an hour
Location: Derby Museums
Hours: As and When Required
Contract type: Casual Contract

The Museum of Making has completed a five-year programme on the site of the world’s first factory. Celebrating the area’s rich history of innovation, the Museum of Making is a contemporary space telling Derby’s 300-year history of making to inspire new creativity. A variety of galleries and exclusive events spaces as well as a bustling fresh-food café are available to create a high standard, expectation-exceeding guest experience, so we need a talented kitchen brigade to help make that happen!

The Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate Chef De Partie to join our brigade of chefs, based at the Museum of Making. As a Chef De Partie, you will be entrusted to manage a section of our fresh food kitchen, working with high quality and locally sourced produce to create dishes inspired by our Derbyshire heritage within a busy fresh-food café / restaurant. As well as operating as a café, we also host events alongside during the day, so our kitchen caters buffets for any numbers from 10-200 people, and we aim to never stop café service alongside.
We operate as a busy café and corporate venue by day and transform to a unique events venue by night, hosting gala dinners, awards ceremonies, weddings and special events from small groups to large numbers of 120+ guests, and our diary is forever growing with new enquiries! Specific duties will include anything from collecting and preparing fresh fish from our local market, helping to manage and organise stock, rotating from different sections around the kitchen and managing a specific area during a busy café and corporate service. Derby Museums is registered with The Hospitality Charter, meaning we share a passion for breaking the stigma on Hospitality not being an amazing place to work, we strive to offer an excellent work/ life balance and believe in working fair hours for all.

The Person

You will have a very strong eye for detail and a good understanding of what it takes to balance and prioritise multiple responsibilities in a busy kitchen and events venue. Our chef’s need to be organised and well structured. You must have experience of working in a fresh food kitchen at any level, and a passion for learning new recipes an experimenting with new ideas, you will also be a good team player who enjoys the pressures of a busy workplace. We love to develop our team, so we will offer you all compliance training as standard and we are happy to discuss development in any areas of the kitchen. 2 years’ experience as a Commis Chef or Junior CDP is preferable, but not essential.
We believe that diversity and equality within our workplace, programmes and in our outlook is crucial. We therefore particularly welcome