We are offering a good home / work life balance withtime off over Christmas and New Yearand excellent working conditions.

Cumberland Lodge is a unique venue in the heart of Windsor Great Park, Berkshire and is looking to recruit a Chef de Partie working37.5 hours a week, 5 days in 7. Straight shifts (including some evenings and weekends) .

The 17th century former royal residence has stunning facilities, available to hire for residential and non-residential conferences, meetings, away days and special events. We are a friendly close knit team of about 50 employees, and the kitchen team of five chefs provide breakfast, lunch and dinner for groups of up to 100 guests.

This role is to assist the Head Chef with the preparation of meals and maintaining the cleanliness any hygiene of the kitchen to the required standard.

Person Specification:

Previous experience in a similar role
Ability to supervise and share knowledge and skills with junior kitchen staff
Willing to be customer facing and serve groups within the dining room
Flexibility to work a varied shift patterns
Applicants must have access to a vehicle as Cumberland Lodge is located remotely in Windsor Great Park with no public transport options nearby.
The applicant must be a hard working individual with good all round kitchen skills and be an excellent cook.

Job Description

To ensure the smooth running of the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef or Sous Chef
To assist in the preparation and presentation of all meals at the required times and to the required standard.
To assist with menu planning, orders, checking and storing deliveries and rotas as directed by the Head Chef.
To assist the Head Chef to minimise food loss and wastage.
To ensure compliance of all cleaning schedules required for the kitchen.
To assist with the training and development of the kitchen staff.
To record daily costings of menu items when required.
To ensure the security of the stores during working hours and that they securely locked at the end of the shift.
To ensure that all temperature checks and records are kept on a daily basis
To ensure that statutory regulations including Food Safety and COSHH are adhered to in the absence of management.
To prepare and assist at special functions which may sometimes be outside normal working hours.
To report and where possible take action on customer and client complaints or compliments.
To report and where possible take action for any incidents of accident, fire, loss, theft, damage, unfit food or other irregularities.
To attend meetings and training courses as may be necessary from time to time.

This job description is designed to help you in the understanding of your role and is not intended to be a definitive list of your duties as flexibility in meeting business needs is required by all employees.

Benefits:

37.5 hour week
Excellent working conditions
Meals on duty
Standard Life contributory pension (currently 10% contributions to support 5% personal contributions, with the option to increase personal contributions over and above 5%)
Death-in-service benefit
25 days annual leave in a calendar year plus 8 days bank/public holiday (or alternative days in lieu if it is necessary to work a public holiday)

You will need access to a vehicle, as Cumberland Lodge is located remotely in Windsor Great Park without easy access by public transport.