Commis Chef

Upham Inns; Sway; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A premium pub company in Southern England seeks a Commis Chef to assist in food preparation and cooking high-quality dishes. The ideal candidate will have basic culinary knowledge, good communication skills, and a positive approach. As a Commis Chef, you will contribute to maintaining high kitchen and food safety standards. The role offers flexible shifts and various employee perks, along with opportunities for personal and career development. This is an exciting time to grow with our team.

Benefits

Up to £12.21 per hour

Flexible shift patterns

33% off meals taken off duty

Development program leading to Head Chef

Instant access to over 5,000 discounts with lifestyle card

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of all sections required.
• Understanding of health and safety practices essential.
• Ability to deliver quality work unsupervised.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the food preparation process and cooking.
• Prepare vegetables, meats, and fish for dishes.
• Contribute to maintaining kitchen and food safety standards.

Skills

Basic knowledge of all sections

Good oral communication

Team management skills

High level of attention to detail

Positive and approachable manner

Ability to work unsupervised

Job description

If you are looking for a new challenge in a growing business, then read on!

• Up to £12.21 per hour plus a share of Tronc (this can be up to £5000 per year)
• Flexible shift patterns
• Up to 33% off meals taken off duty for you and up to 6 guests
• 33% off our hotel accommodation & 20% for Friends and Family
• Development program with a clear pathway to Head Chef
• Access to the lifestyle card – which will provide you with instant access to over 5,000 discounts across all aspects of their lifestyle. With thousands of discounts covering local independents, national and online businesses, there are plenty of opportunities to save money. The lifestyle card is a 100% free benefit for our Upham Inn team members.
• Service Awards
• A Birthday Gift
• Refer a friend and Chef recruitment incentives of up to £1000

Commi Chef Requirements

• Basic knowledge of all sections
• Ability to work under supervision of a limited range
• Ability to produce good quality basic food
• Understanding of health and safety
• Understanding of basic food hygiene practices
• Good oral communication
• Team management skills
• High level of attention to detail
• Right to work in the UK
• Ability to work unsupervised and deliver quality work
• Positive and approachable manner
• Team player qualities

Commi Chef Responsibilities

• Assisting in the food preparation process
• Cooking and preparing elements of high quality dishes
• Preparing vegetables, meats and fish
• Assisting other Chefs
• Helping with deliveries and restocking
• Assisting with stock rotation
• Cleaning stations
• Contributing to maintaining kitchen and food safety standards.
• Comply with all Food safety, fire, Health and safety, licensing and employment laws

A job you can enjoy

If you are a reliable, quick thinking, creative person then a job as a Commis Chef may be the perfect job for you.

If you are enthusiastic about self-development and embrace opportunities to improve your skills and knowledge whenever possible, you could build a long and rewarding career as a Commis Chef, progressing to a role as a Chef de Partie, Sous Chef or Head Chef if desired.

What do we do?

We own a collection of beautiful and individual premium pubs across Southern England. Our pubs are in idyllic settings in country villages and towns, where we are proud to be the quality local of the area, serving high quality fresh pub food in a cozy pub ambience. Most of our pubs have some Charming Bedrooms as well. New to our growing family is Harper’s Steakhouse, a new premium American Steakhouse brand that we started rolling out last year.

It’s an exciting time to join us!

Upham Inns is growing, and we want you to grow with us and be part of our success. We’ve been busy investing in our business and we are seeing some great results. So, we want to continue to grow our pub family and we are looking to recruit passionate people into our team

We are looking for great people to join us

Our company is big enough to support you but small enough to care about your individual needs. We are a friendly, hands-on team who have a passion for running great pubs. We are always on the lookout for like-minded people who have the desire to work and grow with us.