Chef De Partie | Term Time Only | 38 weeks a year

TN United Kingdom; Hook; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a passionate Chef De Partie to join their dynamic team in Hook. This exciting role involves working in a vibrant kitchen environment, preparing fresh, seasonal dishes, and delivering exceptional service to students and staff. With a focus on quality and creativity, you will have the opportunity to showcase your culinary skills while adhering to the highest food safety standards. Enjoy a term-time only contract with a supportive team, free meals on duty, and various employee benefits. If you thrive in a collaborative setting and have a genuine love for food, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Recommend a friend bonus

Employee assistance programme

Unrivalled individual training and development

Team & company social events

Volunteers leave - up to one day per year

Well established apprenticeship programme

Wider wallet scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level.
• Ability to work with fresh seasonal ingredients and bespoke menus.

Responsibilities

• Provide catering services to pupils and teachers.
• Produce food from scratch and follow brand standards.
• Ensure food hygiene and health & safety policies are followed.

Skills

Teamwork

Food Preparation

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

English Communication

Education

Culinary Arts Certification

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29.04.2025

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Chef De Partie | Term Time Only | 38 weeks a year

Hook

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: £24,528.00
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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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.