Chef Milton Keynes
Job description
At a glance: Contract Type - This is a permanent position Salary Range: £21,100 - £27,000 Working Hours - 5/7 days & 1 weekend in 4 - Shifts are 07:00 - 15:00 & 11.30- 19:30 About the role: Are you an experienced chef? We are ready to welcome a passionate chef to our Magna Park distribution centre. In our Partner Dining Room kitchen, where your culinary skills can be put to use providing high-quality service to our partners. This is a demanding role within the Catering team which will be providing food to Partners. The role requires excellent communication and customer service skills. It can be physically demanding with some manual handling and would suit someone who is highly motivated and able to take initiative when working on their own. The responsibility will range from working in a small to large kitchen, preparing hot and cold foods and pastry items ensuring a clean and tidy working environment. You will be operating, cleaning and maintaining equipment within the department is essential as well as having an excellent knowledge of the John Lewis food safety standards. Join our supportive catering team today and enjoy producing fresh, nutritious homemade meals. Responsibilities include: Ensuring the partners needs are always met and naturally seeking out opportunities to exceed their expectations. Ensuring the cleanliness of the kitchen area is maintained to high standards Supporting stock control, portion control and food wastage, taking action as necessary to maintain food low costs. Supporting the Food production team managers with implementation and production of menus, procedures and standards as required Attending all company training as required for legal purposes, personal development. Help development of new menus and dishes. Complying with the guidelines and practices in respect of food safety as detailed in the Food Safety Management system. The role requires excellent communication and customer service skills. You will be naturally helpful, enthusiastic and have excellent communication skills. Essential skills you’ll need: Food safety level 1, Health & Safety level 1 NVQ level 1 and 2 Experience of working within a customer service based environment Experience of working within a catering environment What else can you bring? Food Safety level 2 and 3 Health and Safety level 2 and 3 Benefits of the Partnership and the role You will enjoy 25% discount at John Lewis and 20% in Waitrose The Partnership has a competitive pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy Find out more about the extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us on our website under About the Partnership; Benefits. Next Steps The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under Internal application process)
