Chef De Partie in High Wycombe

A private girls' boarding and day school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire for students aged 11‑18. Catering for about 1050 students and teachers daily, we offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch and supper, along with AM and PM snacks across 3 feeding locations. There is also lots of hospitality provision at this location. This is a 7‑day operation so shift patterns would be 5 over 7 days. This location benefits from free parking on site.

Responsibilities:

• Work well in a team of chefs providing catering services to pupils and teachers.
• Produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the company's brand standards.
• Ensure company food standards are adhered to and wastage is controlled.
• Ensure all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Work with fresh seasonal ingredients and regularly changing bespoke menus.
• Be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.
• Demonstrate a genuine interest in food and excellent customer service.
• Be an all‑round team player with innovation and passion for great food.
• Be an organised chef with attention to detail.
• Understand the basics of food cost and wastage.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience working within a fast‑paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level.

Knowledge and Competencies:

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable/good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable/good standard of written English and reading skills.

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.

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.

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.