Senior Chef De Partie

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Hereford; On-site; GBP 24,050 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work

Workplace pension

Volunteer leave

Retailer discounts

Career progression

Training & development

Apprenticeships

Social events

Employee assistance

Job summary

Thomas Franks Hereford is seeking a Senior Chef De Partie to join our Hereford kitchen. This full-time, permanent CDP role involves cooking from scratch with seasonal ingredients, leading a small team, and delivering high standards for pupils and staff across a 32.5-hour week.

You will work in a fast-paced, Monday-to-Sunday operation with free parking and on-site gym discounts. Applicants should have CDP or junior sous chef experience and a passion for great food, with strong English

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level.
• Ability to work with fresh seasonal ingredients and changing menus.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Work well in a team of chefs to cater for pupils and teachers.
• Ensure all food preparation meets/exceeds standards.
• Supervise junior team members.
• Keep areas clean, avoid cross contamination.
• Prepare food from scratch following brand standards.
• Monitor wastage and maintain cost control.
• Adhere to food hygiene and health & safety policies.

Skills

Customer service

Team player

Food creativity

Attention to detail

Cost awareness

Job description

Senior Chef De Partie Hereford Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: 14.50
Hours: 32.5 per week

A co-educational specialist residential college of further education based in the English city of Hereford. Catering for around 100 students and teachers. We offers a Delivered breakfast, lunch and Supper. This is a Monday to Sunday operation with lots of hospitality. Additional benefits of this location is free parking and discounted gym membership for on-site facilities.

We are looking for a talented Senior Chef De Partie to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Hereford.

This is a 52 week position.

You will have previous experience of working within a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level.

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 of chefs providing catering services to pupils and teachers
• Ensure all food preparation meets/exceeds standards
• Supervise junior members of the team.
• Keep all working areas clean and tidy and ensure no cross contamination
• 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
• Understand the basics of food cost and wastage.

Knowledge / competencies:

• 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

Benefits

• 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.