Line Cook Chef De Partie

We are seeking a dedicated Line Cook to join the kitchen team at our hospice in Winsley. As a Line Cook, you will play a crucial role in preparing and serving nutritious meals to patients, families, and staff. Your culinary skills will contribute to the overall well-being and comfort of our patients and visitors.

LINE COOK (Chef de Partie)| Band 3 £11.67 - £12.45 per hour, depending on experience

As a Line Cook, you will prepare, cook, serve and present food in a professional manner. You will assist the winder catering team to ensure our high standards are met, alongside maintaining the smooth running of our kitchen.

Responsibilities will include:

• Being a representative of Dorothy House and its values at all times. Ensuring our patients and customers always have a positive experience with our catering services.
• Liaising with staff such as Ward Hosts and Nurses in relation to our patients special dietary requirements.
• To assist with the creation and implementation of new menus and dishes.
• To prepare meals to the amounts forecasted, exercising the required level or portion control. Ensuring allergen information is available for all food produces.
• To provide catering services at Dorothy House conferences and meetings.
• To ensure workload is completed in a timely manner. Working as a team to support other catering colleagues as required.
• To keep working areas and equipment to a high hygienic standard. Ensuring that good hygiene practices are observed in all catering tasks.
  
  

See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.

HOURS OF WORK

This role is a Part Time position. Working of 15 hours per week.
Due to the shift roles of the role, occasional weekend working will be required.

ABOUT YOU

Essential requirements:

• Good standard of maths and English.
• Experience working as a Kitchen Assistant (Commis) / working within a catering environment for more than 1 year.
• Highly organised, and can work unsupervised to tight schedules and deadlines.
• Effective team member with good prioritisation skills and a flexible work approach.
• Good level of fitness to meet the physical requirements of the role.
• Good communication skills. To confidently and passionately engage with the 'customers' of our catering service.

Desirable requirements:

• NVQ Level 2 in Catering and Hospitality / formal cooking qualification.
• Experience working as a Line Cook (Chef De Partie).
• Active food hygiene certificate.

ABOUT THE BENEFITS

Dorothy House is an incredible place to work; these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

• Generous holiday allowance for all roles, increasing with length of service
• Fantastic refer a friend scheme
• Excellent industry leading training and development programmes with many career development opportunities
• Pension with Life Assurance
• Travel and parking - We offer 45p per mile for work travel. There is unlimited free parking in Winsley.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Counselling and Mindful Employer Charter - providing our staff with information, advice and support for those experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or any other mental health conditions.
• Simply Health - Providing insurance against certain everyday healthcare costs such as dental and optical treatments.
  
  

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application.

Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.

INTERVIEWS

Interviews for this role are aimed to be held at the end of May/early June.