Commis Chef PASTRY

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks holiday (rising to 5)

8 Bank holidays

Free car parking

Employee uniform

Discounted hotel accommodation for you

Job summary

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa in East Grinstead seeks a Commis Chef Pastry to join a 16-chef team, working across breakfast, lunch and dinner shifts. You will help craft fresh, locally sourced pastry dishes for Rosette-award restaurants.

You will gain hands-on experience within a high-standard hotel kitchen and be supported to learn rosette-level preparation while delivering consistency and flair.

Qualifications

• Quality experience in a fresh food environment.
• Desire to gain experience and learn to create rosette standard dishes from fresh local ingredients.
• Ability to work flexible shifts. 40 hours per week over 5 days.
• Experience within a quality hotel kitchen environment.
• Team player with ability to contribute to the team's success.
• Excellent eye for detail and ability to deliver consistent standards.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of 16 chefs and 5 kitchen porters.
• See our website for full range of menu choices being created.
• Flexible shifts covering breakfast, lunch, dinner service including weekend working (5 days per week).
• Gain quality experience in a fresh food environment.
• Contribute to the future success of the kitchen brigade developing award-winning dishes.

Skills

Pastry

Quality awareness

Team player

Tools

Rosette standard dishes

Job description

COMMIS CHEF PASTRY

Up to £27,436.80 per annum + monthly service charge payment

• 4 weeks holiday increasing to 5 weeks with service
• 8 Bank holidays
• Free car parking
• Employee uniform

In addition you will benefit from a range of company benefits including:

Discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels
Discounted hair treatments at our two Utopia Spas
Discount off all food & beverage at all hotels
Discount of individual treatments booked in our two Utopia Spas
Discount on retail products in our two Utopia Spas
Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme In additional you will enjoy a range of other benefits when you celebrate your 1 yr, 3 yr and 5 yr anniversary including; your birthday off paid,complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea and service related holiday

The Place

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa, part of Alexander Hotels a private group of quality hotels of distinction just outside London.

5 Red Star, Award winning Utopia Spa, 58 bedrooms including the new luxury Cedar Lodge development and a 2-bedroom self-contained Gatehouse are available for guests.

2 Award winning restaurants, Reflections Restaurant (2 Rosettes x 60 covers), AG's Restaurant (3 Rosettes x 35covers) together with a range of conference and banqueting and private dining rooms catering for 8 to 95 guests.

Please see our website for a full list of facilities and also to see sample menus for our restaurants and lounge operations.

Join Alan White, our new Executive Chef and his team creating award winning dishes across a range of fresh menu choices. Our Kitchen Brigade creates dishes for our 3 Rosette AG's Restaurant, 2 Rosette Reflections Restaurant as well as our Banqueting, Room Service and Lounge operations.

The Role

• Working with a team of 16 chefs and 5 Kitchen Porters
• See our website for the full range of menu choices being created.
• Flexible shifts covering breakfast, lunch, dinner service including weekend working (5 days per week)
• Gain quality experience in a fresh food environment.
• The passion and drive to respond to training and support and to contribute to the future success of the kitchen brigade who continue to develop award winning dishes.

Requirements

• Quality experience in a fresh food environment
• A desire to gain experience and the passion for learning to create rosette standard dishes from fresh local ingredients.
• Ability to work flexible shifts. 40 hours per week over 5 days.
• Experience within a quality hotel kitchen environment.
• Team player with an ability and desire tocontribute to the team's success.
• Excellent eye for detail and able to deliver consistent standards.

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