Chef De Partie

Title: Chef De Partie - Monday - Friday

Location: South West London, 42 Abbotswood Rd, London SW16 1AW

Salary: £17.55 per hour, or an annual salary of £29,765.00

Working Pattern: 184 days, 36.8 weeks across 40 hours per week

Benefits:

• 4.21 weeks pro rata holiday (including bank holidays)
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Pension and life insurance
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Wellbeing hub
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Free meals whilst at work
• Career development opportunities
• HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels

Are you an experienced and creative Chef de Partie with a passion for delivering exceptional dining experiences and ready to take the next step in their career? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to play a key role in the culinary team at a leading independent school in the heart of South London.

This vibrant location operates just 36.8 weeks a year and this is a Monday - Friday, term-time contract so we ensure a well-organised schedule across our growing team to help you maintain a positive work-life balance. 

This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate Chef de Partie who is eager to advance their career. If you are enthusiastic about working in a prestigious setting and ready to take your career to the next level, this role provides a solid foundation for growth within our leading contract-catering company.

Key Responsibilities:

• To support the senior kitchen team in the day to day running of the operation.
• Work across all sections of the kitchen and have proficiency in cooking a wide variety of dishes to be served in events and restaurant service.
• Supporting the team, training and mentoring all Commis Chefs and Kitchen Porters, allowing them to grow for the future.
• To ensure that all legislative and Government guidelines are adhered to, including The Food Safety Act, Health and Safety at Work Act, the COSHH regulations, etc. within the areas of responsibility.

• Be driven by people and delivering the highest quality of food.
• Exemplary behaviour in the kitchen, acting as an ambassador within the team.
• Innovative and inspiring culinary ideas for events and hospitality.
• Experience as Chef de Partie or a Commis Chef wanting to progress in Contract-Catering, particularly Education. 
• Ability to mentor a team and have your finger on the pulse of modern, high-street dining concepts.
• Able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of Health and Safety practices.

Holroyd Howe is one of the UK's leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.

To provide our teams with the right skills to succeed in their jobs, we invest in their training and development. Our exceptional teams of seasoned specialists customise our catering services to fit children of all ages and satisfy the unique needs of our clients.

We pride ourselves on:

Sustainability

Sustainability is at the heart of our thinking; always mindful of the ethics of our sourcing and how we prepare our meals.

Nutrition

We take nutrition seriously and understand the impact a healthy diet has on the fundamental years of development. Meals are always freshly prepared from scratch and packed with nutritious ingredients.

Food Innovation

We offer a wide portfolio of training opportunities and experiences, which attracts chefs who are passionate about culinary excellence and menu innovation to our team.

From tasting tables, theme days and food theatre, to chef demonstrations and supplier showcases, we create engaging and fun dining experiences for our students. We work together to make mealtimes exploratory, quirky, and fun for our pupils, helping them build strong and healthy relationships with food.

"Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe are regarded as regulated activity, it is an offence to apply for a role in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children, therefore we will require an Enhanced DBS which includes a Barred List check for all successful applicants. We will also require shortlisted applicants to provide appropriate information regarding any criminal offences and shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search of public available information on suitability to work with children."

This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.

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