Demi Chef de Partie

Royal Lancaster London; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Discount in restaurants & spas

Team member rates

Complimentary stay after probation

Private medical insurance

Season ticket loan

Employee Assistance Programme

Bike to work

Free meals on duty

Job summary

Royal Lancaster London is seeking a Demi Chef de Partie for the 1st Floor Kitchen in London. You will be responsible for preparing and serving dishes to the highest standards, maintaining food safety, and guiding junior team members.

Join our award-winning family and enjoy a comprehensive benefits programme while progressing your culinary career in a busy central London hotel.

Qualifications

• Experience in professional kitchens and high standards of food safety.
• Ability to train and supervise junior staff and apprentices.
• Flexibility to work 40 hours per week on a shift rota.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve dishes as per department SOP and red-star standards.
• Ensure all mise en place is stored, date coded and rotated per policy.
• Complete daily food safety check sheets and temperature records.
• Complete reasonable requests to maintain quality and standards.
• Train and develop junior staff and apprentices to high standards.

Skills

Food preparation

Food safety

Apprenticeship training

Job description

Join the team that Always Cares!

Are you the type of person that gets out of bed on the right side every day? If so, we would like you to come and join us as a Demi Chef de Partie – 1st Floor Kitchen at the Royal Lancaster London, where we encourage your personal development and growth. We are located next to Lancaster Gate tube station, and a short distance from Paddington, Bayswater and Marble Arch stations.

Some of our fabulous benefits you will enjoy as a Demi Chef de Partie – 1st Floor Kitchen are:

• Annual earnings up to £36,500.00 (£27,358.59 base salary + non-contractual tronc)
• Pension scheme with company contributions
• 50% discount in all our restaurants and Spa’s across our properties
• Team member and Friends & Family rates across our properties
• Complimentary stay after passing probation
• Extensive discounts on our benefits platform
• Access to private medical insurance
• Support through development plans, apprenticeships and world-class management development programmes including educational sponsorship to be the best you can be
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing
• Bike to work scheme
• Recommend a Friend incentive
• Complimentary laundry
• Free meals on duty
• Opportunity to join our taskforces to contribute to the business focuses, community and environment
• Employee recognition schemes and Social Committee events including gala dinners and much more!

As a Demi Chef de Partie – 1st Floor Kitchen, your main duties and expectations for the role will include:

• Be compliant in the preparation and service of dishes as laid down by the department SOP and in line with company red-star standards
• To ensure all mis en place is stored, date coded and rotated in line with company food safety policy.
• To complete daily food safety check sheet temperature recording and fridge temperatures recording
• Carry out all reasonable requests ensuring the quality of work is in line with red-star standards.
• Train and develop the team below your position including the apprentice chefs to the highest standard in line with the departmental standards and SOP’s.

You will be required to work 40 hours per week, on a shift rota.

We are …

• Best Employer for 2021 at Springboard’s Excellence Awards
• One of the happiest hotels in London
• Earth Check Silver Certified 2023
• 2 rosettes
• Hoteliers’ Charter Approved
• Preferred Hotels & Resorts member
• Top 100 in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025

We are more concerned with what’s in the glass, not whether its’ half full or empty, so if you feel this Demi Chef de Partie – 1st Floor Kitchenrole is for you, come and pour some happiness into yours by joining our award winning family today!

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK