Chef de Partie - The Lobby Restaurant

The Peninsula London; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hotel in Westminster is seeking a Chef de Partie to join its Lobby kitchen brigade. In this key role, you will be responsible for delivering quality meals and supervising a kitchen team. Ideal candidates will have at least 3 years of experience in high volume kitchens and culinary qualifications. Excellent salary and numerous benefits are offered, along with a commitment to staff wellness.

Benefits

Excellent salary package

Generous service charge

Life Insurance

Enhanced pension contributions

Medical cash plans

Improved maternity/paternity leave

State of the art facilities

Colleague restaurant

Occupational health nurse

Wellbeing education sessions

Shopping discounts

Rewards and recognition

Uniform dry cleaning

Qualifications

• 3 years experience in a high volume hotel or restaurant kitchen.
• Friendly, positive attitude with a flexible approach.
• Confidence to guide and manage a kitchen team.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Sous Chef in day-to-day kitchen operations.
• Lead a team to deliver quality food while being flexible with guest requests.
• Supervise, train, and support the team, including Apprentice chefs.
• Ensure cleanliness and compliance with health and safety.
• Maintain high standards of food quality and creativity.

Skills

High volume kitchen experience

Team management

Creativity in food preparation

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Culinary certifications/qualifications

Job description

The Peninsula London is delighted to announce that we are seeking a Chef de Partie for our Lobby kitchen brigade reporting directly to the Head Chef. This position is critical to the success of any guest experience, providing a quality menu in partnership with high levels of service within the Lobby of the hotel. The Peninsula Hotels are renowned for the Lobby experience, with live music, a luxurious setting, and food and beverage service offering at the highest level; which, our guests have become accustomed to and that is synonymous with our brand. This position will have a great passion for quality food and ingredients and be able to work flexibly within a kitchen brigade.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Sous Chef with all aspects of the day-to-day operation of this busy kitchen.
• To lead a team to deliver quality food with the best ingredients, following the menu guidelines but also able to be flexible with guest requests.
• Supervising, training, and guiding the team, often coaching and mentoring Apprentice chefs too.
• Required to ensure the cleanliness and maintenance, (including health and safety / HACCP compliance) of all kitchen equipment, ensuring that produce mise en place is done for services and products are of high quality.
• Extensive knowledge of food and ingredients with a high level of creativity.

Qualifications

• Experience of 3 years within a high volume hotel or restaurant kitchen brigade is essential and preferred if you have managed a team.
• Some level of culinary certifications/qualifications.
• Friendly and positive with a flexible approach and confidence to guide a team.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Benefits

• Excellent salary package
• Generous service charge distributed equitably to all colleagues
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced company contribution on pension plan
• Medical cash plans including optical and dental coverage
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave plan
• State of the art heart of house facilities including a gym, fitness classes, relaxation room, contemplation room and nursing mothers' room
• Colleague restaurant with healthy and balanced 24/7 food offerings
• On-site occupational health and safety nurse and wellbeing education sessions
• High street and online shopping discounts
• Rewards and recognition initiatives
• Dry cleaning for uniforms and work attire