Chef de Partie

Contract:                 Term-Time, Permanent

Salary:                    £28,999 inclusive of holiday pay

Hours:                     33 weeks per year term time, plus 3 weeks non term time, with an additional 5 weeks holiday lets, as well as functions  

We offer a vast range of staff benefits including:

• Friends and Family referral scheme (£250 for each referral)
• Term time working, with up to 2 days leave during each term available
• Enhanced family friendly policies including support for emergency time off for dependants
• Guaranteed 2 weeks off over the festive Christmas period
• Easter break guaranteed
• Majority of Bank Holidays off, including New Year
• Sociable hours
• Contributory pension scheme
• Fee remission for children
• Complimentary meals
• Use of wide-ranging school facilities - swimming pool, tennis, walks, trails etc
• Excellent social and sporting events for staff within the school
• Team members receive full, on the job training as well as Food Safety, Manual Handling, Allergen and First aid 

This role is responsible for preparing and serving a variety of high-quality meals for both Pupils and Staff. As a Chef de Partie you will work closely with both the Head and Sous Chefs to enhancing the pupil’s daily meal experience as well as working on many functions throughout the year where the very highest quality of food is required to promote the college.

You will work around the different sections of the kitchen always with a view of how to excite the tastes of everyone we are cooking for while promoting good wholesome nutritious food. This is a position of responsibility with an expectation that you can make a difference.

The catering department is very well equipped, and the catering team take pride in seeking new ideas of how best to vary customer choice, continue to promote ‘healthy eating’ for all and add value to the customer service ethos.

The closing date for this role is Sunday 5th May 2024 with interviews taking place on Tuesday 14th May. The college reserves the right to close the role early. 

Should you wish to discuss the role in strict confidence please feel free to contact Iain Hedley, Catering Manager at hedleyi@lordwandsworth.org. 

We welcome people of all faiths and those who are committed to these values. We recognise that we have under-represented groups within our workforce. As part of our commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity, we are actively encouraging applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.

Appointments will be made subject to receipt of satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. The successful applicant will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check and references. We are an equal opportunities employer. 

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. The successful applicant will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check and references. We are an equal opportunities employer. Lord Wandsworth College is a registered charity (Number: 1143359) providing outstanding caring education for boys and girls since 1922.