At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to create delicious meals for students and staff using fresh ingredients.
- Company: Thomas Franks, a unique catering business focused on excellence and individuality.
- Benefits: Enjoy free meals, discounts, enhanced leave, and excellent training opportunities.
- Other info: Great career progression and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Showcase your culinary skills in a creative environment with a passion for great food.
- Qualifications: Experience in a fast-paced kitchen and a genuine interest in food.
The predicted salary is between 24750 - 30250 £ per year.
An independent Catholic day school for girls aged 2-18 with a co‑ed Nursery in
Sunninghill near Ascot . Catering for just over 460 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast Lunch and Dinner 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
Ascot.
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.
You will have the following 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.
Knowledge / competencies
- 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.
About us
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.
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Chef De Partie | Monday to Friday in Greenham employer: Thomas Franks
At Thomas Franks, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture that values creativity and teamwork. Located in the picturesque setting of Sunninghill near Ascot, our Chef De Partie role provides not only competitive benefits such as free meals on duty and a cycle to work scheme but also unrivalled training and development opportunities to help you grow in your culinary career. Join us in delivering excellence in catering for our students and teachers while enjoying a supportive environment that champions diversity and inclusion.
