Chef De Partie

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent contract caterer in Nuneaton is looking for a talented Chef De Partie to join their team. The role offers a Monday to Friday schedule and requires experience in a fast-paced kitchen. The successful candidate will work with fresh ingredients, ensuring food quality and adhering to standards. Additional benefits include discounts, free meals, and excellent career progression within the company.

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

Qualifications

• Experience as CDP or junior sous chef in a fast-paced kitchen.
• Ability to follow food hygiene and health & safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide catering services to pupils and teachers.
• Produce food from scratch using fresh ingredients.
• Adhere to company food standards and control wastage.
• Follow food hygiene and allergen control procedures.

Skills

Genuine interest in food

Excellent customer service

Team player

Innovation and passion for great food

Organised chef with attention to detail

Good understanding of verbal English

Good standard of written English

Experience in food preparation environment

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: 27,000
Hours: 37.5 per week

A stunning B&I location in Nuneaton for a global provider of automotive engineering, research and test services. Catering for approximately 1200 people daily. We offer lunch, coffee shop, roaming food van and a good amount of high end hospitality. The role is a Monday to Friday operation. Additional benefits of this location is a free bus shuttle service.

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

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.
• 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.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

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.