Commis Chef

InterContinental Hotels Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A luxury hotel brand in Edinburgh is seeking a part-time Commis Chef. Your responsibilities will include assisting the culinary team, preparing food for service, and enhancing guests' dining experiences. Prior culinary experience is preferred, and the role offers financial security, career progression opportunities, and various employee perks. Join us to bring a personal touch to luxury dining.

Benefits

Financial security with guaranteed hours

Opportunities for career progression

Worldwide discounted room rates

Generous maternity/paternity pay

Complimentary stay for you+1 after probation

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Chef or Apprentice Chef preferred.
• Motivation to learn and grow in a culinary career.
• Ability to provide personalized guest experiences.

Responsibilities

• Assist Chef De Parties with food preparation.
• Prepare essential elements of dishes for service.
• Work collaboratively in the kitchen team.

Skills

Culinary experience

Teamwork

Passion for luxury service

Job description

Overview

Hotel: Edinburgh The George (EDIGS), 19 - 21 George Street, EH2 2PB

We are looking for a Commis Chef Part-Time to join the glamour of InterContinental Life at our InterContinental Edinburgh the George Hotel…

InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel is full of culture and has been serving guests since 1881, so we know what it takes to provide an alluring guest experience and a personal and attentive service. We provide an exciting mix of a luxury InterContinental experience combined with our unique character and charming building, home to Scotland’s first Le Petit Beefbar Restaurant.

As the largest luxury hotel brand in the world, we provide our guests with a brilliantly cosmopolitan stay of discreet luxury and culinary expertise. As a Commis Chef, your main duties and responsibilities will be assisting our Chef De Parties and wider Kitchen team provide excellent culinary experiences for our guests, prepping food for service and preparing essential elements of our dishes.

Responsibilities

Joining us as a Commis Chef, we are looking for someone who has…

Availability to work 32 hours per week

Qualifications

• Availability to work 32 hours per week
• Passion for providing excellent culinary experiences and previous experience in a Kitchen as a Chef or Apprentice Chef
• Motivation for a career within a Kitchen, keen to learn and grow
• Passion for providing luxury experiences, not shy to go above and beyond to personalise our Guests stay and provide your local wisdom to enhance their experience
• Ability to work together in the team with guests as our centre focus

Benefits

• In return for bringing the InterContinental life to our guests, you can expect to receive…
• Financial security - £12.83 per hour (£26,686.40 per annum FTE), guaranteed hours, paid overtime, a free meal on shift, paid holidays, subsidised unsocial hour travel support and enhanced sick pay! Plus, Tronc paid monthly if in eligible role. Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Growth and development – extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice.
• Colleague perks - worldwide discounted room rates and discounted F&B whilst on employee rate (IHG has over 6,000 hotels globally and growing), plus generous friends and family rate. Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perks portal.
• Wellbeing – generous maternity/paternity pay, employee assistance programme available 24/7 and access to mental health first-aiders
• Hotel specific benefits – complimentary stay for you+1 in our Hotel upon successful completion of probation, generous discounts across our F&B outlets at Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel plus Spa and gym discounts at our Kimpton property

If you are someone who likes to bring your wisdom and local-know-how to a provide a truly personal and luxurious experience for our guests, apply today! Check out our Instagram page @InterContinentalEdinburghGeorge to see more.

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual\'s, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Who we are

As the world’s first and most global luxury hotel brand, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has pioneered international travel since the 1940s, we are passionate about sharing our renowned international know-how and cultural wisdom in truly impressive surroundings. We all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental brand and to be part of the brand you will have a thirst for travel, passion for culture and appreciation for diversity. We create inspiring experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. If you’d like to embrace a world of opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.

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