At a Glance
- Tasks: Create delicious meals from fresh ingredients for students and staff in a vibrant school environment.
- Company: Join a leading independent contract caterer with a focus on innovation and quality.
- Benefits: Enjoy free meals, discounts, training opportunities, and excellent career progression.
- Other info: Term time only role with a supportive team and a commitment to diversity.
- Why this job: Showcase your culinary skills and creativity while making a positive impact on young lives.
- Qualifications: Experience in a fast-paced kitchen and a passion for great food are essential.
The predicted salary is between 20500 - 20500 £ per year.
Contract: Full Time , Permanent Salary: £20,500 per annum Hours: 37 per week
A co-educational day school from Year 3 through to GCSE, based in Epsom, Surrey.
Catering for just under 300 students and teachers daily.
We offer a core feeding of AM snack and lunch.
This is a term time only contract and operates Monday to Friday.
- We are looking for a talented
- Chef De Partie to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in
Epsom.
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
- 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.
Qualifications & 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Chef De Partie TERM TIME ONLY MON-FRI in Epsom employer: Thomas Franks Ltd
Join our vibrant independent day and boarding school in Ackworth, where as a Food Service Assistant, you'll be part of a dedicated team catering to 750 students and staff daily. We pride ourselves on a supportive work culture that values employee growth through unrivalled training opportunities, enhanced leave policies, and social events, all while enjoying benefits like free meals on duty and discounts at major retailers. With a commitment to excellence and a focus on professional development, this is an excellent opportunity for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment in a dynamic environment.
