Commis Chef

Thomas Franks; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Workplace pension

Training & development

Discounts via Wider wallet scheme

Job summary

Thomas Franks is seeking a Commis Chef for Solihull Preparatory School in Solihull, West Midlands. This term-time role (43 weeks, Monday to Friday) involves preparing breakfast, lunch and hospitality using fresh seasonal ingredients and bespoke menus. Free on-site parking is available.

You will join a team focused on high standards, food hygiene, and excellent customer service, with training and career development through our apprenticeships and chef academy.

Qualifications

• Interest in food and excellent customer service.
• All-round team player with passion for great food.
• Organised with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide breakfast, lunch and hospitality as part of a team.
• Prepare food from fresh ingredients, following brand standards.
• Maintain food hygiene and safety policies and allergen controls.
• Assist with waste control and uphold company standards.

Skills

Food preparation

Team player

Customer service

Attention to detail

Verbal English

Written English

Experience in service

Job description

A co-educational private day prep school in Solihull, West Midlands. Catering for 640 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of lunch and some hospitality at this location. This is a term-time only role working 43 weeks and operating Monday to Friday. Additional benefit to this location is free parking on site.

We are looking for a talented Commis Chef to join our team at Solihull Preperatory School.

If you are a current commis chef or want to train and develop to become a chef by joining our chefs academy then please apply today.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities

• To work well in a team, providing breakfast, lunch & hospitality
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great team player

You will have the following skills

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised person with attention to detail
• Knowledge / competencies
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.