Commis Chef (Nights)

Harrods; Knightsbridge; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Night shift allowance

Band 1 benefits package

Overtime payments

Job summary

Harrods is seeking a Commis Chef for its Juice Production team in Knightsbridge to produce fresh juices overnight. You will work under the Chef de Partie, manage the juice-production process, label and record outputs, and ensure quality and food safety to Harrods' exacting standards.

The role offers a night-shift allowance and a Band 1 benefits package as part of a permanent position within the Production Kitchen.

Qualifications

• Dependable and organised with ability to work autonomously.
• Ability to work accurately at pace and follow recipes.
• Strong regard for food safety, hygiene and allergen controls.

Responsibilities

• Prepare fruit per approved recipes and daily production needs.
• Safely operate, clean and sanitise juicers, blenders and related equipment.
• Bottle, seal and label finished juices with required product information.
• Complete production and food-safety records, monitor temperatures and stock rotation.
• Report shortages or faults and handover to the daytime team.

Job description

Our Production Kitchen team is looking for a Commis Chef to produce fresh juices overnight for our iconic Food Halls. You will support every stage of the process, from preparing ingredients to bottling, labelling and delivering the finished products, ensuring they meet Harrods’ exacting standards for quality, presentation and food safety. You’ll enjoy a competitive salary of £34,452+ tronc*, along with access to our renowned Harrods benefits, including generous discounts across our stores and restaurants.

About the Role

As a Commis Chef in Juice Production, you’ll be an important part of our Production Kitchen team, preparing and bottling fresh juices for our Food Halls. Working overnight and reporting to the Chef de Partie, you’ll independently manage the juice-production process in line with approved recipes and daily production requirements. You’ll maintain consistently high standards of product quality, food safety, labelling, hygiene and organisation.

Your responsibilities will include

• Preparing fruit in accordance with approved recipes and daily production requirements.
• Safely operating, cleaning and sanitising commercial juicers, blenders and associated equipment.
• Bottling, sealing and accurately labelling finished juices with the required product information.
• Completing production and food-safety records, including temperature checks and wastage sheets, while ensuring effective stock rotation.
• Reporting ingredient shortages, equipment faults and quality concerns, and providing a clear handover to the daytime team.

About You

You will be dependable, organised and comfortable working in autonomy. You will work accurately at pace, follow recipes and food-safety procedures carefully, and take pride in producing consistently high-quality products. You will also: Have excellent attention to detail when following recipes, labelling products and completing records. Be able to organise your workload and meet daily production deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Understand the importance of hygiene, allergen controls, temperature monitoring and stock rotation. Communicate clearly when reporting equipment faults, ingredient shortages or production concerns. Be comfortable with the physical requirements of the role, including standing for extended periods and lifting or moving ingredients, bottles and crates. Previous experience in a professional kitchen or food-production environment would be beneficial, but specific juice-production experience is not essential. More important will be your positive approach, reliability and willingness to learn how our production operation works.

About Us

Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business. In this role, you will have opportunities to learn new skills and gain experience across other areas of the Production Kitchen. You will also receive a night-shift allowance, enhanced overtime payments and our Band 1 benefits package.

Uniquely You

Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. At Harrods, we believe the personality and authenticity of our people set us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes and experiences, and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional. If you want to know more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn or follow us on Instagram@togetherharrods.

*The amount of tronc you receive will vary and is not guaranteed by either Harrods Ltd or the Troncmaster. However, the Troncmaster will always distribute 100% of the funds available each period in accordance with the Rules, a copy of which will be provided to all members.

Additional Information: Time Type: Permanent Department: Production Kitchen (Andrew Clifton)

As one of the world’s most prestigious brands, and a highly sought-after employer within luxury retail, we aim to provide a working environment in which we can exceed both our customers’ expectations and the expectations of each other. To maintain our high standards, we invest as heavily in our people as we do in our products and store. As well as offering an unforgettable experience for our customers, we offer an exciting, challenging and motivating environment for our employees. We demonstrate how we value our team through an extensive pay and benefits package, as well as through a number of programmes that reward and recognise employees for exceptional performance. Our employees can also accelerate their careers through opportunities to work with talented people, development training, and chances to raise their profile in the luxury retail sector.