Commis Chef

Amberley Castle - Kitchen; Amberley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Perkbox benefits

Staff meals on duty

25% off food & beverage

Job summary

Amberley Castle in West Sussex is seeking a Commis Chef to join a passionate kitchen team, assisting with the preparation of fresh dishes and supporting the chefs in delivering high-quality hospitality for our guests.

You’ll be working as one team in a busy environment, keeping the kitchen clean, labeling food, and helping ensure products remain fresh. The role includes a monthly service charge, Perkbox perks, staff food on duty, and clear progression opportunities within our group.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar kitchen environment.
• Ability to work as part of a team in a busy kitchen.
• Flexible with rosters and able to adapt.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assist with dishes using fresh ingredients.
• Keep the kitchen clean and organized.
• Label food to prevent using out-of-date products.

Job description

Location

Located in the picturesque village of Amberley in the beautiful West Sussex countryside, Amberley Castle is a unique luxury hotel steeped in over 900 years of history. With 4 AA red stars, 3 AA rosettes, Amberley Castle gives our team the chance to work in a castle with quality and style.

SERVICE CHARGE-We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel-every penny received is paid out to the team.

Service charge can be in the region of £300 a month (close to £3,600 per year) over and above base pay, for a full time employee.

The hotel may also be able to offer off-site staff accommodation in our 2 staff houses (within walking distance to the hotel) in order to help the newest members of the team to re-locate, so they can settle into life at the hotel and local area in comfort.

Come and join our team as a Commis Chef and let your passion and personality shine

Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests.

As a Commis Chef, you will be working as part of a passionate team of chefs. You will play a crucial part the preparation of food that goes into the delicious dishes, created by our chefs for our guests to enjoy.

This role would suit someone who has worked in a similar environment previously.

Check out some of the key points about the role:

• You’ll be working with fresh food, prepping, so that our chefs can it into delicious dishes for our guests.
• Being one team, everyone in the kitchen is responsible for keeping it clean.
• Nobody wants out of date food, so labelling your food is important.

Work/life, or as it should be called life/work balance is important to us all, so we will always try to be fair with our rotas. We just ask that you can be flexible with us, so we can be flexible with you in return.

To say thank you, we have many perks

• Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive a rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
• Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
• Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family get special rates too.
• We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require about anything you might need as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
• We sustain you physically too, meals when you are on duty are free.
• To be the best version of yourself, we encourage our teams to be curious. Everyone can learn and develop - our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
• We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
• We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.

About our family of hotels

We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.

Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.

We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station – to see the whole group, take a look herewww.brownswordhotels.co.uk

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