Chef de Partie Megans Farnham Full time / Part time

Chelsea Fine Food Ltd; Farnham; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% off dining

Annual party

Employee Assistance Programme

Early wage access

Long service awards

Free Megan’s food & drinks on shift

Pension contributions

Holiday

Job summary

Megan’s Restaurants is seeking a confident Chef de Partie to lead a busy kitchen section. You’ll own prep through service, ensuring quality, pace and organisation, while supporting teammates and maintaining high standards.

With training and progression opportunities, you’ll thrive in a role that values teamwork, food safety and culinary excellence across our growing neighbourhood restaurants.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Chef de Partie in a busy kitchen.
• Solid kitchen experience with strong basic cooking skills.
• Ability to take ownership from prep through service.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of your section, prep, stock, and organisation for every service.
• Cook and plate dishes to Megan’s recipes with consistency and quality.
• Maintain pace, communicate with the team, and control waste and portioning.
• Support junior chefs and uphold food safety and hygiene standards.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Cooking skills

Team player

Ownership of section

Job description

Own your section, bring the heat and serve up the kind of Megan’s food our guests keep coming back for.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a confident Chef de Partie who knows their way around a busy kitchen. You’ll have solid kitchen experience, strong basic cooking skills and be comfortable taking ownership of your section from prep through to service.

You’ll thrive when the checks are flying, take real pride in every plate you send and know how important consistency, pace and organisation are to a great service. You’ll be a proper team player too, supporting the chefs around you and helping less experienced members of the kitchen build their skills.

What’s in it for you?

Pay

Up to £14.00p/h (NMW + base tronc allocation), plus additional, uncapped tronc potential based on site performance.*

Perks & Treats

50% off when you dine with your favourite people

Plenty of fun, feel‑good team socials, including our legendary company wide annual party

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, free, confidential support 24/7 including mental health sessions

Early access to wages, great discounts & money coaching through Stream

Long service awards and celebrations

Free, delicious Megan’s food & drinks on every shift

Plus all the usual standard stuff like pension contributions & holiday

Grow With Us

Ongoing training and real progression opportunities. Whether you want to become a Supervisor, move into management or simply become brilliant at what you do, we’ll back you

Get involved in new openings as we grow

Opportunities to move between our neighbourhood restaurants and build your career across the group

Regular menu training and tastings so you really know what you’re serving

Come for the kebab, stay for the career.

What You'll Be Doing

Taking ownership of your section, making sure it’s prepped, stocked, organised and ready to smash every service

Cooking and plating our dishes to Megan’s recipes and specs, delivering brilliant quality and consistency every time

Working with pace when the checks are flying, managing your section effectively and communicating with the wider kitchen to keep service moving

Looking after stock on your section, following portion controls, rotation and storage standards and helping to keep waste under control

Maintaining brilliant standards of cleanliness and organisation, taking pride in your section and the wider kitchen

Supporting Commis Chefs and newer team members, sharing your knowledge and helping them build their confidence and kitchen skills

Following our food safety, allergen, hygiene and health & safety standards every shift, making sure anything that isn’t right is spotted and dealt with quickly

About us...

We’re an independently owned, dog-friendly collection of 20+ neighbourhood restaurants, serving up fresh Mediterranean-inspired food from brunch through to cocktails. With exciting growth plans, there are big opportunities to build your career with us, plus plenty of fun along the way. Our team parties are the stuff of legends. We’re a diverse, inclusive bunch who make sure everyone feels genuinely welcome, and we’re proud to support local charities and be a real force for good in our communities.

At Megan’s, our people are the magic. Yes, we’ve got dreamy interiors, food inspired by sunny places and fresh cocktails shaken to perfection, but the real reason our restaurants feel so special? The team. They’re what set us apart and what everyone who works here and visits us loves most.

Megan’s Restaurants is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees.

*Package includes membership of an independently managed tronc arrangement through which service charge is allocated outside of and in addition to your basic pay from your employment.