Thomas Franks - Commis Chef

Thomas Franks Ltd.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 1,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering business in London is seeking a Commis Chef to join their team. The role involves preparing fresh meals and providing excellent customer service in a prestigious setting. Ideal candidates will have a passion for food and cooking, along with teamwork skills. This position offers competitive pay and extensive benefits, including training opportunities and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms

Free meals on duty

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Training and development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression

Qualifications

• Good understanding of verbal and written English.
• Experience in a customer or food preparation environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide breakfast, lunch, and hospitality.
• Produce food for service using fresh ingredients.
• Adhere to food standards and control wastage.
• Follow Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies.

Skills

Interest in food and customer service

Team player

Innovation and passion for food

Organizational skills and attention to detail

Job description

Overview

Commis Chef London Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: 14.60
Hours: 40 per week

One of the world's largest law firms with their UK HQ in London. Catering for around 700 people daily. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast & lunch in the restaurant along with lots of High end, frequent hospitality. This role is Monday to Friday and the location benefits from great transport links.

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

If you are a current chef or want to train and develop to become a chef by joining our chefs academy then please apply today.

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.

Responsibilities

• To work well in a team, providing breakfast, lunch & 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.
• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great team player

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 person with attention to detail

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.

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

Diversity and Inclusion

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.