Commis Chef
Job title: Commis Chef
Salary: £18,278 per annum, pro rata (£9.50 per hour)
Hours: 25 hours. You will be employed on a flexible contract and will be expected to work additional hours. These flexible hours will be agreed by your manager, with a minimum of 24 hours’ notice given prior to any additional hours being worked. Flexible additional hours combined with your core hours will be no more than 37 hours in any one week.
Reporting to: Chef de Partie
Location: Land of Oak and Iron Heritage Centre, Winlaton Mill, Gateshead
About us
Groundwork works across the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face. We provide training and create jobs, reduce energy use and waste, re-connect people with nature and transform whole neighbourhoods. Step by step we’ll go on changing places and changing lives until everywhere is vibrant and green, every community is strong enough to shape its own destiny and everyone can reach their potential.
About the role
An opportunity has arisen for a creative, passionate, and enthusiastic chef to join our kitchen team at the Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre. You will be responsible for the delivery of freshly made to order dishes as directed by the Chef de Partie to provide a high quality café and takeaway service.
Duties will include:
- Setting up and cleaning down the kitchen
- Ensuring the kitchen is kept clean at all times
- Ensure stocks are kept under optimum conditions and assisting in ordering food for the kitchen
- Ensure all dishes are prepared to the correct recipe and to the correct quantity
- Ensure the department is operated within the appropriate legislation and the appropriate records are maintained and up to date
- Ensuring standard portions and quality of dishes
- Collect feedback from the guest(s) and report to the chef supervisor on any complaints or issues
- Maintaining a clean and safe kitchen and ensuring sanitation practices in the kitchen
- Able to handle pressure professionally and calmly
About you
The role requires a positive and flexible approach with the ability to operate effectively in a fast paced customer environment. In addition, the role will require weekend working and some evening working.
For an informal discussion about this role please contact Anya Haswell, Heritage Centre Manager on 01207 524898.
Want to apply?
Great. All you need to do is send us your CV
Commis Chef – Person Specification
All CV’s should be emailed to HR.NorthEast@groundwork.org.uk
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