Commis Chef

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Apprenticeship programme

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression

Volunteers leave

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd. is seeking a Commis Chef for Solihull Preparatory School in Solihull, West Midlands. This full-time, permanent role is term-time only (43 weeks), Monday to Friday, with 40 hours per week and free on-site parking.

The school offers a supportive environment within our established catering team. You will join a team providing breakfast, lunch and hospitality, cooking from scratch to brand standards and ensuring hygiene and safety.

Qualifications

• A genuine interest in food and excellent customer service.
• An all-round team player.
• Innovation and passion for great food.
• Organised with attention to detail.
• Reasonable/ good English spoken and written.
• Experience in customer or food preparation environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team to provide breakfast, lunch and hospitality.
• Produce food from scratch using fresh ingredients and brand standards.
• Adhere to company food standards and manage wastage.
• Follow Food Hygiene, Health & Safety and allergen controls.
• Experience of pot wash duties advantageous.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Be a great team player.

Skills

Team player

Customer service

Food preparation

Attention to detail

English proficiency

Job description

Commis Chef Solihull Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: 14.00

Hours: 40 per week

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

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.