Overview
Junior Sous Chef - No Late nights — Winchester
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £35,000 per annum
Hours: 40 per week
A leading independent boarding and day school for girls aged 3 - 18 with a co-ed preschool in Winchester, Hampshire. Catering for just over 900 students and teachers daily. Our core feeding offer is breakfast, mid morning snack, lunch, dinner, match teas, hospitality and external lettings throughout the year. This is a 7 days a week operation, so shift patterns would usually be 5 over 7 days. This location offers a mix of term time roles along with full 52 weeks contracts and benefits from free parking on site.
Shift timings: 0700 - 1900
We currently have an excellent opportunity for a creative and effective Junior Sous Chef to be part of the team at a prestigious contract in Winchester.
Key Responsibilities
* Prepare all food service areas for the day’s business relating to that meal service.
* Ensure the prompt service of all meals and service at all times to the company/ client standards.
* Ensure that the methods of preparation and presentation comply with company expectations.
* Prepare, set up, serve, clear, clean and store away any food, beverage or equipment required for daily service.
* Prepare all food for sale/service, following good hygiene and safety practices and to the standard specified.
* Restock and replenish stocks and consumables as required during service periods, pre-empt customer needs and achieve optimum customer service delivery.
* Keep the Front of House informed of any food running out and pre-empt any delays in customer waiting.
* Complete all/any necessary cleaning/hygiene duties.
* Serve customers, visitors and guests in line with company and client service standards and expectations.
* Empty, remove and store rubbish/recycle rubbish in the correct place.
* Assist in the preparation and placing of orders.
* Ensure that the kitchen operates in line with current health & safety regulations.
* Ensure all areas in the kitchen are left in a clean state at the end of each shift.
* Attend meetings and training courses as required.
* Notify the head chef of stock movements to ensure all products are ordered for forthcoming menus.
General Responsibilities
* Attend all staff meetings as required.
* Adhere to policies and procedural requirements of legislation and the company to promote a professional and flexible approach.
* Wear the correct uniform neatly and cleanly at all times and maintain high personal presentation.
* Carry out necessary checks for food temperatures in service and related areas.
* Carry out reasonable requests from management.
* Provide cover for other staff during periods of absence as required.
* Be conscientious with regard to health & safety and report any hazards to the Head Chef or Sous Chef.
Key Personal Skills and Attributes
* Team working, listening skills, ability to work on own initiative, impeccable personal presentation, hygiene and behaviour; food hygiene certificate preferred.
* Adaptable and flexible, reliable, honest with an open, attentive approach to customer service.
* Willingness to learn new skills and take some responsibility.
* Ability to manage some moderately heavy lifting, carrying, and pushing.
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 in customer and/or food preparation environment preferred.
Benefits
* Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
* Free meals on duty
* Volunteer’s 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 children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.
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.
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