Chef De Partie - Full Time - Ferndown Restaurant

Haskins Garden Centres; Ferndown; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned garden center chain in Ferndown is seeking an enthusiastic individual to assist in managing a busy production kitchen. You will oversee the counter service, focusing on pizzas and salads, while ensuring excellent customer service. The role offers sociable hours, alternate weekends off, and a supportive team environment. Benefits include an employee assistance program, contributory pension scheme, and generous staff discounts after probation.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Contributory pension scheme

Generous staff discount scheme

Free on-site parking

Staff uniform provided

Health cash plan

Charity day

Up to 38 days of holiday pro-rated

Cycle scheme

Qualifications

• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and hardworking individual.
• Previous catering and patisserie experience in a high-volume production environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the day-to-day running of a busy production kitchen.
• Oversee counter service, including carvery, pizza oven, and patisserie.
• Ensure the highest standard of customer service is delivered.

Skills

Excellent customer service skills

Team player

Proactive and energetic

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Assisting with the day-to-day running of a busy production kitchen and providing high quality food from an agreed menu. You will oversee our counter service, the carvery, pizza oven and patisserie counter, focusing mainly on making the pizzas and salads on a daily basis. A strong pastry background is also a requirement of this position.

This role benefits from sociable hours with no split-shifts as well as alternate weekends off plus a day off in the week and only one late night a week.

Key responsibilities will include ensuring the highest standard of customer service is always delivered.

You must be a team player and support the rest of the kitchen team during a busy service.

Qualifications and Experience

This role is well suited to a self‑motivated, enthusiastic and hardworking individual with excellent customer service skills.

The successful candidate will be proactive and energetic and be able to work in a busy fast‑paced environment. Previous catering, patisserie and high‑volume production experience is preferred.

Employee Benefits

• An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing free and confidential counselling and advice to all employees and their immediate family.
• Contributory pension scheme for eligible employees
• Generous staff discount scheme after completion of probationary period
• Free on‑site parking
• Staff uniform provided
• Discounts
• Health cash plan
• Charity day
• Up to 38 days of holiday pro‑rated
• Cycle scheme
• Haskins Garden Centres

Haskins is a family owned, award‑winning business with 5 destination garden centres across the South of England, each with a large restaurant.

We constantly strive to improve the service and experience we offer our customers, that's why the recruitment of our people is so important to us. If you are passionate about delivering excellent customer service, have a sense of humour and an eagerness to learn, we want you to join our friendly, happy team.