Chef De Partie

Peoplebank; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Bristol is seeking a passionate Chef De Partie to join their team. You will work in a fast-paced kitchen, preparing fresh, seasonal ingredients and crafting bespoke menus. The ideal candidate should have experience at CDP or junior sous chef level, along with excellent customer service skills and a keen interest in food. This role offers a dynamic environment and opportunities for career progression, in addition to several employee benefits like free meals during duty and a cycle to work scheme.

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Individual training and development

Established apprenticeship programme

Team and company social events

Employee assistance programme

Career progression

Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level.
• Ability to demonstrate good verbal and written English skills.
• Similar experience in a customer or food preparation environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work well in a team providing catering services.
• Produce food using fresh ingredients and cooking from scratch.
• Adhere to company food standards and control wastage.
• Follow all food hygiene and health & safety policies.

Skills

Interest in food

Customer service

Teamwork

Innovation and passion for food

Organizational skills

Food cost understanding

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: 14.00
Hours: 37.5 per week

A coeducationday school in Bristol with a separate nursery, separate prep school through to main senior school. Catering for around 900 students and teachers daily. Our cre catering offer is morning purchased snack offer, lunch is served in the main dining hall, separate lunch is sent to the nursery facility. Also a sixth form café serving tea, coffee, pastries and hot snacks. This location has a good amount of high‑end hospitality. The school operates Monday to Friday with catering for match teas only on Saturday. Additional benefits to this location are use of on‑site gym and free parking facilities.

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

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.

Some knowledge of pastry section (bread making / brownies) would be beneficial but not essential.

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.
• 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.
• 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.