Chef De Partie - Term Time 39 Weeks - Northampton

Thomas Franks Ltd; Northampton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Wider wallet discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Excellent career progression

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd in Northamptonshire is seeking a chef to join a collaborative team in a fast-paced school catering operation. You will cook from fresh ingredients, prepare meals to brand standards and support breakfast, lunch and supper services.

The role emphasizes allergen control, food hygiene and cost awareness while showcasing creativity with seasonal menus. The position requires a practical, team-oriented individual with a genuine passion for food and excellent customer service, and a

Qualifications

• Must be able to work in a team of chefs delivering catering to pupils and teachers.
• Experience of fast-paced kitchen environments at CDP or junior sous chef level is preferred.
• Good verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for service using fresh ingredients and from-scratch cooking.
• Follow brand standards and company policies on food hygiene and allergen control.
• Minimise wastage and manage food costs where possible.
• Contribute to exciting, seasonal menus and deliver high-quality customer service.
• Work as an organised team player with attention to detail and commitment to excellence.

Skills

Team player

Fresh ingredients

Food hygiene

Customer service

Attention to detail

Organised

Cost awareness

Job description

• To work well in a team of chefs providing catering services to pupils and teachers
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

  You will have previous experience of working within a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level.

• You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.,
• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised Chef with attention to detail
• Understand the basics of food cost and wastage.

Knowledge / competencies:

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred.

  A Co-educational further education college based in Moulton, Northamptonshire. With a maximum capacity of 3000 students and teachers, we offer a core feeding of Breakfast, Lunch and Supper and also a commercial grab and go. This is a 7 day operation so shift patterns are 5 over 7 days., Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role. An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.