Commis Chef

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious catering company in Dunfermline is seeking a Commis Chef to join their team. This role involves working with fresh ingredients to create innovative dishes, ensuring high standards of food hygiene and safety. You will enjoy benefits such as free meals, a cycle to work scheme, and career development opportunities. Ideal candidates will have a passion for food and strong teamwork skills. This is a full-time position with a permanent contract, based on a schedule of 5 out of 7 days.

Benefits

Discounts at major retailers

Free meals on duty

Enhanced maternity leave

Cycle to work scheme

Training and development opportunities

Team social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Qualifications

• Genuine interest in food and customer service.
• Ability to work in a team and independently.
• Similar experience in food preparation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide breakfast, lunch, and hospitality.
• Produce food using fresh ingredients and cooking from scratch.
• Follow health and safety standards and allergen procedures.

Skills

Interest in food

Team player

Attention to detail

Good verbal English

Good written English

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: £ 12.21 per hour
Hours: 40 per week

A Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Here we cater for a number of different events through the year ranging from corporate and private meeting & events to the absolutely enthralling match days over the course of the year. With a variety of Food & Beverage outlets to choose from, it is an outstanding venue that offers attendees a fun day out. Free parking and tickets for games. As the working schedule is based on events at the stadium, working patterns are 5 over 7 days.

We are looking for a talented Commis Chef to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Dunfermline.

If you are a current chef or want to train and develop to become a chef by joining our chefs academy then please apply today.

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, providing breakfast, lunch & hospitality
• 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.
• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Great team player

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 person with attention to detail
• 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.