Demi Chef de Partie

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa; Crawley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Free parking

Uniform provided

Discounts on stays

Spa discounts

Job summary

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa is recruiting a Demi Chef de Partie to join our culinary team. You will produce dishes across Restaurant, Brasserie, Fine Dining, Bar and Room Service, maintaining rosette-level quality and working within HACCP guidelines.

The role requires 5 shifts per week (40 hours) with paid overtime. Live locally or relocate with your own transport; benefit from extensive staff perks and a route to career progression in a celebrated 5 Red Star establishment.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate ability to produce plated dishes to a rosette standard.
• Experience handling multi-menu requirements across restaurant and banqueting operations.
• Willing to work 5 shifts per week totaling 40 hours with paid overtime.
• Live locally or be able to relocate with own transport.

Responsibilities

• Produce food for all service periods in Restaurant, Brasserie, Fine dining, Bar food, Room Service and Afternoon tea.
• Prepare, produce and serve food to required standard in timely and efficient manner.
• Receive and store relevant food and non-food items.

Skills

Rosette standard cooking

Multi-menu coordination

Overtime willingness

Teamwork in kitchen

Job description

DEMI CHEF DE PARTIE

£26,436.80 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 38 covers) 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 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 Grillroom, 2 Rosette Reflections Restaurant as well as our Banqueting, Room Service and Lounge operations.

The Role

Duties will include;

• Producing food for all service periods in the Restaurant, as well as Brasserie, Fine dining, Bar food, Room Service and Afternoon tea
• Preparation, production and service of food to the standard required in a timely and efficient manner
• Be responsible for receiving and storing of all relevant food and non-food items
• Assist Chef de Partie with daily menu planning and composition as and when required for your section.
• Supporting the Chef de Partie with the preparation, cooking and service of menu items for restaurant, afternoon tea, as well as banqueting menus
• To deputise for the Chef de Partie in their absence as and when required including supervision of the section
• Practice and promote effective teamwork and communication amongst your direct work colleagues and colleagues in other departments
• Carry out daily cleaning duties within the kitchen as directed by the Chef de Partie,Head/Sous Chef in addition to following a ‘clean as you go’ policy
• Ensure compliance with inhouse HACCP and food hygiene, health and safety systems to ensure compliance.
• Completing duties in a culture and with an attitude of always striving to exceed standards to promote improvements and raise the quality of feedback from all diners across the hotel

Requirements

• Working 5 shifts per week 40 hrs per week with paid authorised overtime
• Demonstrate during a trial shift the practical ability to be able to produce plated dishes to a rosette standard
• Hold the experience to manage the multi menu requirements
• Live locally or have the ability to relocate to the area with own transportation

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