Quality Control Chef

The Hospitality Chef plays a key role in delivering exceptional food and dining experiences within a high-calibre independent school environment. As part of the Central Catering Team, you will take full responsibility for event catering, from ordering, preparation and set-up to service support and post-event clear-down, ensuring every function runs smoothly and professionally. This role requires adaptability, efficiency, and strong resource management.

The role focuses on producing high-quality, seasonal food for hospitality events, senior leadership functions, visiting guests, and special school occasions, while maintaining the school's excellent culinary standards. This position requires strong culinary skills, creativity, and attention to detail, ensuring that hospitality catering reflects the school's reputation for quality, professionalism, and outstanding service.

Benefits: Eton College offers a wide range of benefits, including an 11% employer contribution to your pension (with 4.9% employee contribution), Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced Maternity / Paternity scheme, a cycle to work scheme, subsidised lunches during term time, free or heavily discounted access to the College's sport and leisure facilities and discounts at local retailers and businesses.

• Plan, prepare, and deliver high-quality food for hospitality events including formal dinners, receptions, open days, alumni events, and school celebrations.
• Produce restaurant-standard dishes that reflect the school's commitment to fresh, seasonal, and nutritious food.
• Collaborate with the catering management team to design bespoke hospitality menus for a range of events and guest requirements.
• Ensure excellent presentation and consistency across all hospitality service.
• Work collaboratively with kitchen and front-of-house teams to ensure smooth service.
• Ensure all food is prepared using fresh ingredients and in line with the school's high standards for quality, nutrition, and sustainability.
• Maintain exceptional standards of food presentation and attention to detail.
• Contribute ideas for seasonal menus and innovative hospitality offerings.
• Ensure compliance with all food safety, hygiene, and health regulations.
• Maintain a clean, organised, and safe kitchen environment at all times.
• Follow school policies and procedures related to health and safety, and food management.
• Attend all annual training as requested and required by law and the College.
• Demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Display a commitment to and promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion.

Your working hours will be 40 hours per week, working 5 days a week (including evenings and weekends).

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a senior chef in a high-quality hospitality or professional kitchen environment.
• Strong culinary skills with experience delivering high-end hospitality or event catering.
• Passion for fresh, seasonal food and high presentation standards.
• Confident working independently while maintaining excellent food quality and service standards.
• Level 2 or Level 3 Food Safety & Hygiene certification.
• Have a flexible approach to work and a can-do attitude.
• Ability to come up with creative solutions to problems.

Eton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including reference checks with past employers, an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (including Barred List information). If you are successful in your application, you will be required to complete a DBS Disclosure Application Form. Any information disclosed will be handled in accordance with any guidance and/or Code of Practice published by the DBS.