Chef De Partie
Job Summary
Job title: Chef De Partie
Based at: The Jockey Club Rooms - Newmarket the Exclusive Private Members Club of The Jockey Club.
Contract type:Permanent
Hours: 40hours Any 5 days from 7
About the role
Were looking for a talented and enthusiastic Chef de Partie to join our kitchen team. Working alongside the Head Chef and wider brigade youll play a key role in preparing and delivering high-quality food supporting across all sections of the kitchen and helping ensure every service runs smoothly.
About The Jockey Club Rooms
The Jockey Club Rooms are the private members club of The Jockey Club. It has 24 bedrooms beautiful public spaces function rooms and is set in stunning grounds. It has members from all over the world and the club highlights the wonderful history of British Horse Racing and supports the work of The Jockey Club that 15 owns racecourses across the country.
The Chef De Partie willhelp;
- Prepare cook and present high-quality food made on site and prepared from locally sourced ingredients.
- Support the Head Chef Sous Chef and broader food and beverage team to delivering a smooth and successful service to members and guests.
- Maintain consistently high standards of food quality and presentation
- Develop new menu ideas and dishes
- Check deliveries and ensuring stock is correctly stored labelled and rotated
- Make sure everything is prepared and checked ahead of each service
- Maintaining a clean safe and well-organised kitchen
- Working flexibly as part of the wider team
- Carry out any reasonable task as requested by the Head Chef Sous Chef and the Operations Manager in order to ensure the overall success of The Jockey Club Rooms.
About you
- An NVQ Level 2 in Professional Cookery or equivalent along with a Level 2 Food Safety qualification
- Good experience working in a busy commercial kitchen with confidence working across different sections
- Strong food preparation and cooking skills with a real eye for quality and presentation
- A good understanding of food hygiene food safety and kitchen procedures
- An interest in modern food trends with ideas and enthusiasm to bring to the kitchen
- A positive hard-working and organised approach with the ability to keep your cool when things get busy
- A flexible team-focused attitude and the willingness to work evenings and weekends when required
What we offer in return
- All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.
- An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution
- A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.
- 25 days annual leave.
- A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.
If you think you have everything were looking for and more and would like to join the team here at The Jockey Club Rooms then wed love to hear from you. The closing date for this vacancy is 19th October but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have many applications.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
The largest group in British horseracing, 15 racecourses, live music, training grounds, Jockey Club Rooms, the national stud and more!