Chef De Partie | Term Time Only!

Thomas Franks Ltd. Careers; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a prestigious private school in Hook as a Chef De Partie! You'll work within a vibrant kitchen environment, creating exciting dishes while adhering to high company standards. This term-time-only position offers a great opportunity for culinary professionals eager to showcase their talents and grow in a supportive, energetic team.

Benefits

Discounts at major retailers

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Individual training and development

Established apprenticeship programme

Team social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience at Chef De Partie or junior sous chef level.
• Ability to demonstrate good understanding of English.
• Experience in food preparation environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of chefs to provide catering services.
• Produce food from scratch using fresh ingredients.
• Adhere to food hygiene and safety standards.

Skills

Interest in food

Customer service

Team player

Innovation

Attention to detail

Job description

Job Description

Chef De Partie | Term Time Only! Hook Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £26,923.20
Hours: 40h per week

A co-educational private day and boarding school located in Hampshire. Catering for 800 pupils and teachers from nursery to 18 years. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch, supper, morning snack & afternoon snack. There is a considerable amount of hospitality at this location. This is a term-time only contract working 38 weeks a year and for the nursery, operation is 52 weeks. This is a 7-day operation so working pattern will be 5 days out of 7. Additional benefit to this location is free parking on site.

We are looking for a talented Chef De Partie to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Hook.

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.

Key responsibilities:

• 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 the following skills:

• 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

Benefits

• 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.

About us

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.