Kitchen Team Member -Chef

Upham Inns; Havant; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible shifts

Meals discount

Hotel discount for you and guests

Lifestyle card discounts

Head Chef pathway

Service awards

Birthday gift

Refer a friend incentive

Job summary

Upham Inns is expanding and hiring a Commis Chef to join a growing team in Southern England. You will assist in food preparation, deliver high-quality dishes and support kitchen operations across multiple pubs within the group.

The role offers flexible shifts, staff meals up to 33% off, hotel discounts for you and guests, a clear development pathway to Head Chef, and access to a lifestyle card with thousands of discounts. Rewards include service awards and a birthday gift.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of all sections expected.
• Ability to work under supervision of a limited range.
• Ability to produce good quality basic food.
• Understanding of health and safety requirements.
• Understanding of basic food hygiene practices.
• Good oral communication skills.
• Team management qualities.
• Right to work in the UK.

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.

Skills

All sections knowledge

Supervision ability

Quality food prep

Health & safety

Food hygiene

Good communication

Team player

Attention to detail

Right to work UK

Unsupervised delivery

Job description

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

• Up to £13 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

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

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 cosy 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.