Pastry Chef

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Guildford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company is seeking a talented Pastry Chef to join their team at a prestigious girls' school in Guildford. The role involves producing and innovating seasonal menus, ensuring high food standards while working in a fast-paced kitchen. Opportunities for personal development and career progression are offered in this well-established environment.

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme (discounts at retailers)

Free meals on duty

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Individual training and development

Apprenticeship programme

Team social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Pastry Chef in a fast-paced kitchen.
• Understanding and use of verbal and written English.
• Experience in food preparation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Produce bread, cakes, and desserts for lunch service and hospitality.
• Ensure food hygiene and health & safety policies are followed.
• Control wastage and adhere to company food standards.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Creativity

Attention to Detail

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: 27600
Hours: 40 per week

A private day school for girls in Guildford for students aged between ages 4 to 18 years. Catering for about 1100 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of AM snack, Lunch PM snack and match teas with some fabulous hospitality thrown in. Additionally this location benefits from great transport links. Term Time Only

We are looking for a talented Pastry Chef to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Guildford.

You will have previous experience of working within a fast-paced kitchen as a Pastry Chef. Experience of making cakes, bread and pastry from scratch will also be welcomed as full training and development will be provided.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities:

• To work well in a team producing bread, cakes and desserts for lunch service and hospitality.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

You will have the following skills:

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised Chef with attention to detail
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.