Commis Chef

Fulliant; London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in London is seeking a Commis Chef to join their kitchen team specializing in fresh seafood. This role offers a vibrant environment to develop cooking skills while ensuring high-quality food. Benefits include 30 days holiday and a pension scheme.

Benefits

30 days holiday per year

Enhanced pension scheme

Free food and drinks while on shift

Generous discounts

Health benefits including a cash plan

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• True passion for food.
• Enthusiasm to learn.
• Good kitchen skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare mis-en-place for assigned section.
• Ensure quality of food preparation.
• Assist other sections as required.

Skills

Passion for food

Kitchen and knife skills

Health & safety knowledge

Creativity

Attention to detail

Job description

Qualifications

Responsibilities

Skills

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 Fishmongers as 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.

Responsibilities:

• 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.

Qualifications:

• 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 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 & Fishmongers 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 sourced 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 meat 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!

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