Commis Chef

Daish's Holidays; Newquay; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic family-run holiday operator as a Commis Chef, where you'll play a key role in delivering exceptional dining experiences. This exciting opportunity offers career progression in a fun, inclusive environment. You'll work alongside a dedicated team, producing high-quality dishes while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. With flexible hours and a supportive atmosphere, Daish's Holidays values work-life balance and offers unique perks, including an extra paid day off for your birthday. If you're passionate about food and eager to grow in your culinary career, this position is perfect for you!

Benefits

£50 bonus after training completion

Split £100 referral bonus

Extra paid day off for birthday

Supportive mental wellbeing package

Financial assistance package

Qualifications

• Experience in food production and kitchen operations.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations in food preparation.

Responsibilities

• Produce food as directed by the head chef and assist with menu implementation.
• Maintain equipment and legislative records to ensure service standards.

Skills

Producing food as directed by the head chef

Assisting in menu implementation

Maintaining equipment for service standards

Daily stock replenishment

Maintaining legislative records

Health & Safety awareness

Task management

Job description

Attention Commis Chefs! Join us for a new and exciting career with Daish’s Holidays! If you want career progression or just stable all year-round employment then Daish’s is the perfect fit for you.

We offer a fun and inclusive working environment at £12.00 per hour after a 3-month probation period. You also get £50 once you have completed basic Daish's training and if you refer a friend, you'll split £100!

Hours include evenings, weekends, and bank holidays, but our kitchen team finish no later than 8.30pm! Breakfast shifts start from 7am and will be finished by 11am latest!

Daish's Hotels are flexible employers and strive to facilitate a healthy work-life balance for Daish's employees. We provide every employee with a supportive mental wellbeing and financial assistance package. We even give you an extra paid day off for your birthday.

Skills and attributes you will bring to the chopping board:

1. Producing food as directed by the head chef.
2. Assisting in the implementation of menus with new or existing creations, ensuring variety and quality of servings for our guests.
3. Working in conjunction with the Head Chef to maintain equipment required for the delivery of service standards.
4. Assisting with daily stock replenishment if required.
5. Maintaining all required legislative records such as the SFBB log, and labelling systems for internal and external inspections.
6. Being aware of company Health & Safety policy in your workplace and assisting others to maintain a safe working environment.
7. Ability to manage tasks and responsibilities suitable to the role.

A little bit about us….

We are Daish’s Holidays, a fast-growing family-run holiday operator with 12 stunning hotels across the UK and a fleet of our own luxury coaches. We continue to grow at a rapid rate with many exciting opportunities on the horizon for our fantastic teams. Our core values lay at the heart of what we do: Clean and Comfortable Accommodation, Good Food, Great Entertainment, Friendly Service.

The company is one of the industry leaders in providing the best value for money holidays in the market, routinely winning awards for customer service excellence. Six of our hotels have won Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards for 2023, and we have recently been nominated in the 2023 British Travel Awards for the Best Company for UK Coach/Touring Holidays Award!