Chef De Partie Oxford, England

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Full Time Oxford, England 25600 - 27131 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

We are delighted to be working alongside a prestigious Oxford college, one of the 39 constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. We are looking to recruit an experienced ‘Chef de Partie’. This is a full time, permanent contract working 40 hours per week on a permanent basis.

The post holder will be part of a busy team that caters for the requirements of the College. They will be responsible for the daily production of food within the kitchen, ensuring that all meals produced, are in a timely manner and the quality of production and presentation are of the highest standards. On occasions, the post holder will be required to work on their own as the duty chef, at these times they will be fully responsible for all aspects of food production, presentation, hygiene, health and safety within the kitchens.

The College provides a high standard of food for its students, Fellows, conference and event guests. This comprises of breakfast and lunch, as well as informal and formal dinners. On average, the kitchen provides ca. 200 covers for lunch and 200 covers for dinner.

Key Responsibilities:

To check the quality of all goods purchased.

Ensure all food labelling is carried out as per HACCP.

To manage the stock rotation.

To run various sections of kitchen as requested/directed

Mentor and develop junior members of the team

In liaison with the other chefs, to prepare meat, fish, soup, and vegetarian dishes for

breakfast, lunch, and dinner service as directed by the Head and senior chefs. To prepare

sweets/ desserts/ buffets for Senior Common Room, students, and conference guests.

To check all food deliveries, storage, cooking, and cooling temperature policies adhere to.

To practice and follow all health & hygiene regulations, with attention to safe working

processes, as outlined by the College.

Ensure that all food produced is handled hygienically.

Implement date monitoring of all food, from receipt to service.

Ensure all HACCP procedures are in place and monitored across the college site.

Candidate requirements:

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills,

· including an intermediate level of written and spoken English

· Excellent larder, pastry, and sauce skills

· Ability to produce a wide variety of dishes, including vegetarian

· Ability to work without supervision using own initiative

· Taking responsibility for scheduled tasks.

· High level of attention to detail with the ability to follow

· recipes accurately

· CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering or equivalent

Full time

£25,642 - £27,131 per annum

This is a full time, permanent contract working 40 hours per week. 5 days out of 7, including evening and weekend work. Hours of work will be in accordance with a rota, supplied by the Head Chef. Work patterns may vary between term-time and vacation periods to meet with the needs of the College.

The post comes with multiple benefits of working within a college at Oxford University. For a full list of these, please email [email protected] or call 01235 811544 for more information.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,600.00-£27,131.00 per year

Benefits: