Kitchen Team Member - Chef

Premium Suburban Inns; Havant; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible shifts

Meal discounts

Hotel discounts

Lifestyle card

Development program

Staff awards

Birthday gift

Refer a friend bonus

Job summary

Upham Inns is hiring a Commis Chef to join our team. You will assist in food preparation, cook elements of high quality dishes and help maintain kitchen hygiene. The role offers a clear development pathway to Chef de Partie, Sous Chef or Head Chef, and opportunities to grow with our expanding pub group.

We provide a supportive, hands-on team environment, flexible shifts and incentives. If you are enthusiastic about self-development and delivering quality work, this could be the perfect start to

Qualifications

• 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

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

Team management

Attention to detail

Communication

Work unsupervised

Health & safety awareness

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.