Chef De Partie - Winchester

Our voco Winchester Hotel & Spa is a modern haven, designed with a focus on both style and comfort. Our thoughtfully crafted spaces combine contemporary design elements with inviting amenities, ensuring a distinctive and enjoyable stay. Located near the historic and picturesque city of Winchester, voco Winchester Hotel & Spa is located on the edge of the beautiful South Downs National Park and within five minutes from the city centre.

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented Chef de Partie to join our brigade. We look for enthusiasm, passion and drive in our chefs. You’ll be working in a busy and hardworking team environment, where you’ll continually learn and develop your career. Supporting the Head Chef and Sous Chef in leading and guiding the team, you’ll fine tune not only your culinary skills, but your management ones too. You’ll have vision and use your creative skills to assist in developing exciting new menu concepts for our guests to enjoy. You’ll need sharp communication skills to keep control with the ability to work well under pressure, supporting our Demi-Chef de Parties or Commis Chefs along the way.

The Ideal Candidate: We’re looking for a Chef de Partie to hit the ground running. You’ll display perseverance and have bags of experience working in fast-paced, luxury restaurants with top quality local ingredients. You’ll have a keen eye with meticulous detail for every plate you serve. You’ll be an ambitious and driven professional who is able to support the Head Chef in motivating the team as well as assist in the continuous improvement of both product and service. As a competent Chef de Partie ensuring you and your team have the highest of standards of cleanliness, food hygiene and health and safety, will be second nature to you. All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. As part of the recruitment process, you will be asked to provide documented evidence of eligibility.

Benefits:

• Heavily discounted Staff Room Rates at all Castlebridge properties for you and your friends and family, so everyone can enjoy a break away. Rates start from £50 per night, with breakfast included.
• 50% off your bill when you dine in one of our Restaurants or Bars.
• Fully funded Apprenticeship programme to develop your career without a reduction in your pay.
• Cycle to work scheme - save up to 40% on a wide range of bikes.
• Healthcare Cash Plans - dental, optical, medical and more available from just £1 per week.
• Referral schemes for referring your friends or family to join our team.
• Flexible shift patterns and contracts available to suit your lifestyle, we are a 24/7 operation, meaning shift patterns to suit everyone.
• Monthly colleague recognition through our 5-Star Service rewards programme and monetary rewards for long service milestones.
• Use of Wagestream financial wellbeing platform, allowing you to access your pay as and when you need it.
• Employee Assistance Programme - free, confidential advice available 24/7 to you.
• An internal communications hub which acts as our very own social media platform, connecting you to your colleagues and the wider group in seconds.