Chef De Partie | Monday to Friday | 7am-3pm

Chef De Partie | Monday to Friday | 7am-3pm

London

Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £28,794
Hours: 40h per week

A private co-educational day school situated in Mottingham, southeast London for students aged 7 - 18 years, catering for just under 1500 students and teachers offering a core feeding of Lunch and lots of high-end hospitality. This is a term time contract and additional benefits of this location include free parking.

We are looking for a talented Chef De Partie to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in London.

You will have previous experience working within a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level and be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients and regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key 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 controlled.
• Follow all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures.

You will have the following skills:

• A genuine interest in food and excellent customer service.
• An all-round team player.
• Innovation and passion for great food.
• An organised Chef with attention to detail.
• Understanding of 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 in a 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 and 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 our approach, and our clients and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer:

All applicants must 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) 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. We 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.