Junior Sous Chef – (1 Year Relevant

Type: Trainee
Region:

Chef De Partie – Glenalmond College, Perth

Perth

Contract: Permanent

Salary: GBP25,041 per hour

A co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. Catering for just under 400 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast, Lunch and Supper with some high end hospitality and summer lets as well. As this is a boarding school, it operates 7 days a week so working patterns would be 5 out of 7 days working 40 hours per week.

There is free parking available at the school.

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

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

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 Scotland Schools

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 PVG, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Disclosure service to assess applicants suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the PVG Code of Pr.