Seasonal Commis Chef

Hand Picked Hotels is a beautiful collection of 21 privately owned, luxury country houses and coastal retreats, each hand picked for their individuality. Architecturally distinctive and quintessentially British, every hotel boasts an extraordinary location, from Scotland to the Channel Islands, offering breath taking views, from vast countryside to expansive beaches, to lush woodlands. With every need taken care of, the team at each hotel ensures every guest has a magical experience, encouraging them to return time and time again.

Hand Picked Hotels was founded in 2001 by owner and Chairman, Julia Hands MBE. Whilst each hotel is individual, every property fulfils the company values of family, individuality, community and care, ensuring a hand picked experience for every guest and employee.

We are currently recruiting for a Seasonal Commis Chef at Bailbrook House Hotel, part of Hand Picked Hotels.

This role will run from now until the end of September 2025

Bailbrook House Hotel is a prestigious luxury country house hotel, steeped in history and located within the beautiful city of Bath. Bailbrook House Hotel has 88 bedrooms spread across the Mansion house and court and has been awarded 4 Silver stars by the AA. It is a popular venue for relaxing weekends away or for weddings and events.

Are you considering a career as a Chef? Good choice - Commis Chefs are always in high demand and your friends and family will love your new skills!

This isn’t just about taking food out of a freezer and popping it in the oven or deep fat fryer - you will be trained to transform fresh ingredients into high quality food for our hotel and fine dining restaurant. These are skills for life.

As a Commis Chef you’ll enjoy working as part of a team where no day is the same. The candidate we’re looking for will be hungry to learn and able to work within strict food hygiene restrictions. Does this sounds like something you would enjoy ?

About you:

• To be considered for this role you will have current base knowledge and experience of kitchens within a quality driven hotel, restaurant, or hospitality environment.
• You will be enthusiastic and willing to take on new responsibilities.
• Adopt a flexible approach to assist in different areas of the kitchen as business and guest needs dictate.
• Having a high level of emotional intelligence, enabling you to be able to anticipate our guests needs ensuring they receive a Hand Picked experience.
• It is essential you can demonstrate how you would be able to deliver our guest experience standards at Hand Picked Hotels, which includes the ability to go above and beyond to ensure guests have a high-quality, personalised, and magical experience that they remember, recommend, and return to time and time again.

Our Benefits include:

• A competitive salary package of £14.32 per hour additional hours plus a share of service charge.
• This is a Part-Time role, including weekends on a rota basis, 30 hours per week, which may vary depending on business needs.
• Company pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Employee Assistance Program to support you with whatever life throws at you.
• Company Sickness Scheme Benefit.
• 28 days holiday per year including bank holidays, increasing to 33 days including bank holidays with length of service.
• Forward career progression, with access to our In House and external training programs, including apprenticeships up to level 7, which are all supported by our learning and development team.
• Discounted staff stays in our hotels and on food & drink.
• Annual loyalty awards (like afternoon teas and overnight stays
• Online retail discount platform offering thousands of savings with high street retailers and restaurants as well as a health and well-being platform.
• Opportunity to make lifelong friendships and be part of team that celebrates Diversity and Inclusion.

Hand Picked Hotels is an Equal Opportunities employer. Candidates must be residents of the UK