Chef

Frontier Developments plc; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading video game developer is seeking a Commis Chef for their onsite restaurant in Cambridge. The role involves supporting the catering team, preparing various meals, and ensuring health and safety standards. Candidates should have experience in the hospitality sector and a passion for cooking. A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual success-based bonus

Private family healthcare

Flexitime working hours

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within the hospitality industry, ideally in catering.
• Understanding of health and safety regulations.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the daily operations of in-house catering.
• Prepare various meals following modern and traditional recipes.
• Maintain cleanliness in the kitchen and serving areas.

Skills

Cooking and baking techniques

Customer service

Teamwork

Stock management

Job description

Overview

Frontier is an independent video game developer and publisher, crafting immersive gaming experiences with fun gameplay and unparalleled artistic quality. Renowned for its iconic creative management simulation games, Frontier captivates players worldwide with immersive and authentic game worlds. The modern studio is located in the vibrant technology hub of Cambridge (UK). The talented team at Frontier are dedicated to nurturing our existing portfolio and delivering our exciting future roadmap.

Given the nature of this role, the successful candidate will need to be fully studio based and we are unable to offer remote or hybrid working. We can however provide a comprehensive relocation support package as part of any offer, should you need to relocate.

What’s the role

We are looking for a Commis Chef to join our team in the Space Bar, our onsite staff restaurant. With a passion for exceptional cooking and baking, you will support the Catering Manager and wider team in providing a positive, comfortable and welcoming environment for our colleagues for both breakfast and lunch services.

Please note that the hours for this role are Monday to Friday, 07:00-14:30.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting the team with the day-to-day running of our in-house catering.
• Producing a wide variety of foods, from prep-work to serving and clearing, following both traditional and modern recipes, including breakfast, soups, desserts, and lunch.
• Adhering to all applicable health and safety regulations, HACCPs and our in-house Food Safety Management System.
• Supporting the catering team to achieve the highest possible standards.
• Ensuring the kitchen and serving area is maintained to the highest level of cleanliness.
• Supporting training and development of junior members of the team, e.g. Catering Assistants.

What you’ll bring

• Excellent working knowledge of cooking and baking techniques.
• Provenexperience of working in a similar role within the hospitality industry, ideally within the catering sector.
• Understanding and experience of stock management and control.
• Excellent customer service with a passion for promoting a fun environment.
• Ability to work with fresh ingredients, and cook-to-order when required.
• Compliant and up to date with Health & Safety rules and regulation.
• Great team player with a positive hands-on approach to all the catering tasks, ensuring an inspiring and efficient team environment.
• Ability to work under pressure, and comfortable in a very flexible, fast-paced working environment.

What we can offer you

You will work with talented and passionate people to support, develop or publish our sophisticated and enduring games, in a creative, collaborative and inclusive environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our players.

Wellbeing is a big focus at Frontier, and we are continually evolving how we can support our people. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and provide a range of wellbeing activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes a success-based annual bonus, share option schemes, life assurance, private family healthcare, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, in-house subsidised catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme, free bike servicing, and social activities and events.

We strive to create an environment where everyone can fully demonstrate their capability and potential. If you therefore need any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition representative.