Chef

About the roleTo support the Catering teams ensuring that they comply with the food safety legislation as set out in the John Lewis food policy. To achieve department specific KPI targets successfully and to ensure that they adhere to all service level agreements.

At a glance

We are looking for a full time Chef, to join our site here at Origin Park (CDH)

 Working pattern

The working pattern will be both:

• 37.5 hours per week -  Monday to Friday - 07:30 - 16:00 

Salary range - The full time annual salary for this role is between £24,400 - £31,000, depending on skills and experience. 

Overtime is a featured but not guaranteed

Contract type - This is a permanent role

About the role

You also can view a copy of the full job outline here:-

External applicants- please view the attached job outline 

Internal applicants- please use the link below

Essential skills you’ll need:- 

• Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate. - Level 2

• Professional Cookery NVQ Level 2 or City & Guilds 706 1 & 2 or equivalent

• Operational experience in a professional kitchen environment

Desirable skills you could bring

• Working towards Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate - Level 3

• Culinary skills or equivalent NVQ Level 2 and 3 

• Professional Cookery NVQ Level 3 City & Guilds 706 1 & 2 or equivalent

What will you do:

• Full Site & Department Induction training from day 1

• Experience in Industrial catering advantageous

• Knife skills

• Covering all aspects of cooking 

• Menu creation using fresh ingredients

• Fast hot environment

• Customer service daily 

• Understanding the food safety management system-Food safety policy & COSHH chemical handling

• Using our Food Monitoring systems to take food temperatures & delivery temperatures

• Supporting Hospitality Catering Asst & Apprentices

• The new starter will be put through online training Food Safety Level 2 within 3 months & Food safety level 3 straight after both of these will be mandatory once in role

• Hands on in all areas including cleaning ,stock control,putting deliveries away,counter service ,shift close down

• Supporting with ordering

• Responsible for Kitchen when Sous Chef is not on site

Job Requirements:

• Apply the John Lewis food safety policies and procedures which include all legislation applicable to the Catering operation

• Ability to oversee the opening, closing and daily running of the operation

• Prepare, serve and present food to a high standard

Benefits of the Partnership and the role 

We believe in rewarding our Partners for their time and energy. After all, they’re the ones that make the John Lewis Partnership special. Benefits include:

• Full uniform supplied including safety shoes

• Free meals on Duty 

• Free parking on site.

• Once you’ve been with us for three months, you’ll get Partnership discount in store and online. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners. You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount.

• Discounted cinema tickets & VIP suites with discounted tickets at the O2 arena

• Discounted rates on holidays at the John Lewis Partnerships hotels, where only Partners and their guests can stay

• Good work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing established equal parenthood leave Policy

And much more! Find out more about our benefits here: https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/

Important Information - Application and Interview Process 

The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process"). 

Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, will include a one to one interview (and a technical cooking task)

You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, therefore, we recommend you apply early.

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About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting. If required, you’ll find out more about vetting throughout the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.