Commis Chef

Fulliant; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading restaurant in London is looking for a passionate Commis Chef to join their kitchen team. You will work under an Executive Chef, developing your cooking skills and ensuring high-quality food standards. Enjoy a supportive team environment and numerous benefits, including 30 days of holiday, health benefits, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

30 days holiday per year

Enhanced pension scheme

Free food and drinks on shift

Artfarm-wide discounts

Life Assurance

Health cash plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong passion for excellent food.
• Willingness to learn.
• Good kitchen and knife skills.
• Understanding of health & safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Preparing the mis-en-place for your section.
• Ensuring quality of food preparation.
• Maintaining cleanliness and organisation of the section.

Skills

Passion for food

Kitchen skills

Knife skills

Health & safety awareness

Communication

Innovation

Attention to detail

Job description

Company: The Fish Shop Restaurant and Fishmongers

Salary: £12.36 (all hours worked are paid) plus TRONC – all tips are pooled and shared with the team, paid out monthly.

Bedrooms: None

Food Type: Freshly caught, ethically sourced seafood from Scotland and the British Isles - Michelin Bib Gourmand

Accommodation: Accommodation is available

Start Date: May 2025

We have an exciting opportunity to join our kitchen team at the Fish Shop Restaurant and Fishmongersas Commis Chef working closely with our Executive Chef, Marcus Sherry, and team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a strong passion for excellent food and a desire to develop your cooking skills. You will learn and gain experience on each section of our kitchen.

As Commis Chef you will be responsible for:

• Preparing the mis-en-place for the section assigned to you accordingly to a list given to you.
• Ensuring the quality of food preparation is of the exceptional standard.
• Ensuring effective communication within the team.
• Assisting on other sections or help with other duties when required.
• Ensuring the cleanliness, organisation, and standards of the section.

Our successful Commis Chef will have:

• A true passion for food.
• The enthusiasm and willingness to learn.
• Good kitchen and knife skills.
• A good understanding of health & safety and food safety guidelines within the kitchen.
• A willingness to work to the high standards.
• Innovation, creativity, and attention to detail.
• The right to work in the UK – we are unable to secure sponsored work visas for this role.

You’ll be surrounded by a team with a creative flair and a passion for fresh food and brilliant service with a desire to learn and grow. All striving to go beyond for guests, our team, and the community.

What’s in it for you?

• 30 days holiday per calendar year.
• Enhanced pension scheme.
• Free food and drinks whilst on shift.
• Generous Artfarm-wide discounts including our properties in Somerset, Scottish Highlands, London, and Los Angeles!
• Life Assurance.
• Health benefits including a health cash plan.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Career development opportunities tailored around your aspirations and goals.

About Artfarm and Fish Shop

Artfarm is a one-of-a-kind independent hospitality company founded by Iwan and Manuela Wirth. Renowned for developing and reinventing distinctive sites including the award-winning Fife Arms Hotel in Braemar, The Fish Shop Restaurant & Fish Mongers in Ballater, The Audley Public House & Mount Street Restaurant in Mayfair, London, Manuela restaurants in Los Angeles and New York, Roth Bar, Da Costa Italian Restaurant and Durslade Farm Shop in Somerset, and Cantina Restaurant in Menorca. Artfarm uniquely brings together art, community, education, people, and place.

Celebrating the heritage and traditions of fishing in Scotland, Fish Shop has been created for those who enjoy freshly cause seafood which is ethically sourced.Designed to cater to the locals and residents of Ballater, alongside the many seasonal visitors, Fish Shop offers a modern and relaxed 40-cover seafood restaurant with an adjoining fishmonger.

Fish Shop is committed to stocking only sustainably sourced fish from day and short-trip boats, as well as creel-caught and hand-dived crustacea. With the addition of select game, meat and vegetables from surrounding farms and estates. All mean will be free-range and locally sourced.

It is committed to being low-waste from fit-out to packaging; even the smoking techniques use zero-emission charcoal!