About the role Dishpatch collaborates with the UK's top chefs to deliver their restaurant creations to food enthusiasts nationwide. We work with renowned chefs to produce restaurant-quality meals that customers can easily finish and serve to family and friends at home. We are looking for a Production Chef to work evenings and weekends, who is passionate about food and has experience in fast-paced fine dining restaurants, high-volume catering or production kitchens. The ideal candidate will be comfortable in managing their own workflow, working independently and prioritising tasks, to create large batch volumes of recipes, to create delicious dishes from our different menus. In this role, you will typically manage the weekly production of menu components with minimal supervision, and provide support to the planning and production leads as needed.
- Working with our Production Team to produce exceptional quality food for our finish-at-home meal kits each week
- Ensuring smooth and efficient running of your section while delivering menu components under the supervision of the Production Lead
- Carefully following our set out recipe specs and driving consistency
- Keeping a clean and neat working space while producing large volumes of food
- Maintaining strict health and hygiene standards
- Keeping a proactive and collaborative approach
- Extensive experience in a Chef de Partie role or similar in a quality-led high volume restaurant, event catering or production kitchen
- Wide knowledge of cooking and production techniques
- Attention to detail and high quality standards
- Keen interest in cooking and learning about a wide range of cuisines
- Proficient in Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles
We're the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We're not just employees, we're Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there's never been a more exciting time to join us.
We're ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose. As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we're free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.
We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.
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Production Chef Dishpatch in City of Westminster employer: John Lewis Partnership
At John Lewis Partnership Cambridge, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that values our Partners and their growth. Our supportive work culture fosters collaboration and innovation, providing ample opportunities for professional development through tailored training programmes. With a commitment to flexible, customer-led service, we ensure that every team member can thrive in an environment that prioritises both personal and career advancement.
