Sous Chef Junior (1 year relevant experience required)

Chef De Partie
Newbury
Contract: Permanent

Salary: Up to £32,000 per annum

An independent day and boarding preparatory school for boys and girls aged 4-13 situated in Newbury, Berkshire. Catering for 155 Students and teachers. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, 3 x break time snacks, lunch and supper and some hospitality. This is a term-time only plus 5 week contract and operates 7 days a week, occasional weekend working will be required on a rota basis. (Around 8 per year)

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

Knowledge

competencies:
● 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.

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 child.