Chef de Partie

Do you have a passion for working with amazing food products, using seasonal and locally sourced ingredients? Are you interested in working in a creative catering environment that provides both staple crowd-pleasing dishes whilst also challenging palates with the flavours of the world? 

Bradfield College Catering department is seen as the market leader in terms of the quality, standard and the range of food we produce. As an in-house operation, you have access to the widest range of suppliers you may need to continue the development of our menus, ensuring your creativity is not constrained.   

This is not a ‘school dinners’ environment. You will be working with a highly skilled team, whose experience has been gained by working in some of the UK’s best and most prestigious hotels and hospitality venues.

We are seeking an experienced Chef de Partie to join our kitchen team where over 1800 covers a day are delivered alongside extensive hospitality and events catering. 

Our Chef de Partie roles are key within the team, working closely with the Executive Chef and Head Chef to deliver exceptional food each day.    

 Your responsibilities will include:

• The daily operation and food production of our core service, with a typical combined service of 1800 covers a day, to include Breakfast (400), Lunch (800) and Dinner (600)
• Being involved with menu planning and innovation
• Involvement in both term time production and extensive catered events over the school holidays, such as weddings and residential conferences

Experience in similar level roles is essential, with a quality background and experience gained from working in high end hotel and restaurant sectors, in addition to experience of volume catering gained in areas such as sports hospitality, private dining, banqueting or large outdoor events.

In return Bradfield College offer a variety of benefits such as:

• Free meal during the working day when College kitchens are open
• Contributory Pension Scheme 
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Subsidised membership of the Sports Complex and College Golf Club
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Limited late nights and normal late shift patterns end at 8:30pm (bar a few key college events)
• Christmas & New Year – the catering department is closed for the seasonal break

For further details about this opportunity, and to apply, please click the apply button.

Please note all candidates are required to complete an application form.

The closing date for applications: 1st March 2023. 

Bradfield College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening as part of their application. This includes submitting an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate prior to employment, registration of the DBS Update Service and checks with past employers.