Job Title: Chef De Partie
Location: Uckfield
Salary: £30,766 P/A
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Reporting To: Head Chef / Sous Chef / Junior Sous Chef
Are you a skilled and motivated Chef De Partie looking to take ownership of your section within a professional kitchen environment?
HRGO Recruitment are seeking a dedicated Chef De Partie to manage a designated section of the kitchen, ensuring exceptional food quality, organisation, and hygiene standards at all times. This role requires strong culinary ability, leadership skills, and the confidence to run service in the absence of senior team members.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provides guidance to junior kitchen staff members, including, but not limited, to line cooking, food preparation, and dish plating
- Ensures a first-in, first-out food rotation system and verifies all food products are properly dated and organised for quality assurance
- Keeps cooking stations stocked, especially before and during prime operation hours
- Input with hiring and training new kitchen employees to restaurant and kitchen standards
- Manage food and product ordering by keeping detailed records and minimises waste, plus works with existing systems to improve waste reduction and manage food cot budget
- Food preparation and presentation to ensure quality and restaurant standards
- Works with head chef to maintain kitchen organisation, staff ability, and training opportunities
- Verifies that food storage units all meet standards and are consistently well-managed
- Assists head chef with menu creation
- To report for duty in good time, clean and tidy and wearing the correct uniform.
- To ensure a high standard of appearance, personal hygiene and cleanliness to Hotel requirements, as per Hotels standards.
- To report any defect in the Building or Equipment to the Maintenance Department, or give the information to the Head Chef, who will in turn notify the Maintenance Department.
- To strive and anticipate customer needs whenever possible and react to these to enhance customer satisfaction.
- Check cleaning schedule are completed and signed off weekly.
- Ensure ALL parts of the daily food record are COMPLETE, every day.
- Ensure all food is labelled and in date.
- Ensure the cleaning schedule is checked and signed off daily.
- Ensure dry stores are tidy and no food open or on the floor.
- All dry goods opened to be VAV PAC and dated.
- Ensure ALL fridges and freezers are clean and tidy, NO FOOD DEBRIES
- Ensure we always have specials available.
- Ensure there is direction to the junior team members, including tasks, prep lists, deliveries.
- Ensure ALL delivery procedures are taken.
- Ensure all high-risk foods are probed and recorded.
- Ensure probe calibration is recorded as per cleaning schedule.
- Ensure random cooked meat temperature is recorded during evening service.
- Ensure food is rotated and used for staff food.
- Staff food to be planned and marked up in the fridge for daily use.
- All home freezing kept to an absolute minimum and used with next 28 days.
- Label method of day dot and monthly sticker label only (no sharpie pen)
What We're Looking For:
- Excellent culinary skills with the ability to cook to 2-AA Rosette standard.
- Strong organisational and time-management skills.
- Ability to lead a section confidently during service.
- Good communication skills and ability to work within a team.
- Solid understanding of food safety legislation and HACCP procedures.
- Proactive approach to maintaining cleanliness and kitchen standards.
Required Qualifications:
- Food Hygiene and Safety Level 3
Desirable Qualifications:
- Professional cookery qualification (college or apprenticeship).
- Experience within a quality-driven or rosette-standard kitchen.
Health & Safety Responsibilities:
- Adhere to all Company and Hotel Health & Safety policies.
- Maintain full compliance with HACCP documentation and reporting procedures.
- Control and maintain COSHH and hygiene inspection records.
- Follow fire safety, evacuation, and security procedures.
- Identify operational risks and document accordingly.
- Ensure cleanliness and hygiene standards comply with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974.
What's in It for You?
- Opportunity to take ownership of your own section.
- Work within a structured and quality-focused kitchen team.
- Career development and progression opportunities.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
The management reserves the right to amend or extend this job description as required. The successful candidate may be asked to undertake additional duties in line with business needs.
I confirm that I have read and understood this job description and acknowledge that it is not exhaustive of all duties required within my role.
