Senior Chef De Partie

Thomas Franks Ltd; Hereford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Workplace pension

Excellent career progression

Staff discounts

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd invites applications for a Senior Chef De Partie at our Hereford site. The role covers a 32.5-hour week in a 52-week contract, with a focus on fresh ingredient prep, menu execution, and teamwork across the kitchen.

You will work in a fast-paced environment, supervising juniors and ensuring high standards, food safety, and cost-conscious cooking. A Monday-to-Sunday operation includes on-site meal provisions and benefits.

Qualifications

• Genuine interest in food and excellent customer service.
• A true team player who collaborates effectively.
• Passion and creativity in delivering high-quality dishes.
• Organised chef with attention to detail and clean work habits.
• Understanding of food cost and wastage management.

Responsibilities

• Work within a team of chefs to provide catering for pupils and teachers.
• Ensure all food preparation meets standards and is cost-efficient.
• Supervise junior team members.
• Keep working areas clean, tidy and cross-contamination free.
• Prepare and serve food from fresh ingredients, from scratch, to brand standards.
• Adhere to food hygiene and health & safety policies and allergen controls.

Skills

Genuine interest in food

Team player

Innovation and passion for great food

Organised and detail oriented

Food cost awareness

Job description

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.