At a Glance
- Tasks: Prepare and serve fresh meals for students and teachers, ensuring high food standards.
- Company: Join a prestigious independent co-educational school in Kingweston, South Somerset.
- Benefits: Enjoy free meals on duty and discounts at major retailers through the wider wallet scheme.
- Other info: This role operates Sunday to Thursday, term time only, for 39 weeks per year.
- Why this job: Showcase your culinary skills with seasonal ingredients in a supportive team environment.
- Qualifications: Previous experience as a Chef De Partie or junior sous chef is required.
The predicted salary is between 14.5 - 14.5 £ per hour.
A boarding house, part of an independent co-educational day and boarding school for boys aged 13 to 18 in Kingweston, South Somerset. Catering for about 60 students and teachers daily. At the boarding house we offer a core feeding of Dinner & Brunch on Sundays. This location will be operational Sunday to Thursday. Operational hours are 11:00 till 19:00 and will be supported by the Executive Chef of the location. This is a Term Time only role working 39 weeks per year.
We are looking for a talented Chef De Partie to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Kingweston. 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
- 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
- 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
All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role. 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.
Chef De Partie in Somerton employer: Thomas Franks Ltd
Work at a renowned boarding house catering for around 60 students and teachers daily. Enjoy benefits like enhanced parental leave and a well-established apprenticeship programme. Located in Kingweston, this school values diversity and inclusion in its hiring practices.
