Chef de Partie

Avoca; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Staff discount

Day time hours only

Professional Development

Employee Referral Bonus

Complimentary & concession staff meals

Family Friendly Policies

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle To Work Scheme

Health & Wellness Programmes

Job summary

Avoca Rathcoole is seeking a Chef de Partie to prepare dishes to Avoca standards. This permanent part-time position offers 30 hours per week with an immediate start and daily daytime shifts.

You will uphold HACCP and health and safety standards, assist with menu planning and costings, manage stock and deliveries, and lead a kitchen team to deliver quality meals for our customers. Training and development are supported.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years in a professional kitchen
• Experience with HACCP documentation
• Experience in menu planning
• Ability to work on own initiative and in a team
• Maintain high standards of personal hygiene

Responsibilities

• Maintain highest standards in food hygiene, service & presentation (HACCP & Health & Safety)
• Assist with menu planning and costings to meet gross profit margin
• Assist with food orders from approved suppliers
• Ensure daily completion of Food Safety/Quality records
• Lead the kitchen team to deliver high standards of food for clients
• Check deliveries to ensure top-quality produce
• Ensure food presentation is innovative and at correct temperatures
• Carry out periodic stock takes and review hazard lists weekly

Skills

Teamwork

Multitasking

Food safety

Initiative

Communication

HACCP knowledge

Education

Culinary qualification or equivalent

Job description

Avoca operates in 13 locations across the country. After all this time, the ethos of Avoca remains the same. We cherish our time-honoured traditions, which have been lovingly passed down through several generations. Our skills might be steeped in a long and rich tradition, but our attitude is to look to the future. We are now heralded as one of Ireland's most exciting retail stores, with a host of award-winning cafes, restaurants and food markets crammed with artisanal ingredients from near and far.

Chef de Partie - Avoca Rathcoole

Job Specification

A Chef de Partie's role is to prepare food, dishes and recipes in line with Avoca standards and quality. This position is a permanent part time position (30 hours per week) with an immediate start.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the highest standards in food hygiene, service & presentation (HACCP & Health & Safety Legislation)
• Assist with menu planning and menu costings to ensure that the budgeted Gross Profit Margin is achieved, eliminating waste where possible.
• Assist with food orders in line with company purchasing policy, ensuring that only suppliers from the approved supplier list are used.
• To ensure that any Food Safety/Quality records assigned to you are being carried out daily within the kitchen and related areas, without exception.
• To lead the performance of the team to deliver the highest standards of food for our clients.
• To share responsibility with the Head Chef for the checking, probing, and signing of all food deliveries to ensure that only the highest standards of produce is accepted into the unit.
• To ensure that food presentation is innovative, and at the required temperatures are recorded on the appropriate charts.
• To assist with carrying out stock takes as appropriate.
• To review the kitchen hazard list every week with the Head Chef
• To maintain good communications and working relationships with your client, customers, and all staff.

Key Requirements

• Relevant culinary qualification or experience
• 2-3 years' experience in a Professional kitchen.
• Experience of H.A.C.C.P. documentation
• Experience of menu planning
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Maintain high standards of personal hygiene
• Professional and Courteous manner
• Ability to manage multiple tasks
• Ability to deal and communicate effectively with staff and customers at all levels
• Ability to follow accurately and issue instructions, written or oral

Why work with us?

• Pension Scheme
• Staff discount
• Day time hours only
• Professional Development
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Complimentary & concession staff meals
• Family Friendly Policies
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Health & Wellness Programmes

Avoca is an equal opportunities employer