Here at Dormy House, we love working with the best ingredients in beautiful surroundings, and need a new chef to join the experience! We are currently looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and experienced breakfast chef to serve our guests a delicious, luxurious breakfast, and help make the start of their day memorable.
Dormy House boasts two restaurants, The Back Garden (3 AA rosettes, Michelin Guide listed) and our "chef's table" 12 seater tasting restaurant MO (4 AA rosettes, Michelin Guide listed) and our successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within both. Whether it's our British/French a la carte in The Back Garden or our 8-course tasting menu in MO, our Head Chef Mat Blanchard and his team pride themselves on featuring locally sourced and Estate grown ingredients, prepared and served with expert detail, using the best techniques.
This is a full time role on a 48 hour per week contract, working from 6am- 4pm. This role requires weekend working.
Working alongside our talented team in our well equipped and beautifully maintained 5* kitchen, you'll be overseen by our experienced Head Chef Mat Blanchard.
We offer an excellent package of just over £37,000 per year (£34,195 basic, plus £3-£3,500 per year service charge). We can also offer live in accommodation, a 5 minute drive from the hotel. Our 500 acre Estate of three award-winning hotels and kitchens (including 5 AA red star Foxhill Manor and 4 AA red star The Fish) is the perfect place to develop and learn.
We also offer a raft of excellent benefits including:
* 30 days holiday per year (rising to 35 after 5 years)
* A celebration birthday lunch in one of the hotels, on us!
* Access to onsite mental health first aiders, and an employee assistance programme from Hospitality Action
* Free access to wellbeing resources - online exercise classes, mindfulness tools and nutritious recipes
* Hundreds of High Street discounts and a cash back card via Hospitality Rewards
* Estate discounts on dining, stays, wine, spa products and more
* Be rewarded with £1000 to spend how you wish in our employee recognition programme
* Up to £1000 when you successfully refer a friend to work with us
* Premium payments for Christmas and New Year shifts
* An optional, low cost healthcare cash plan
* Free, in-person financial planning advice
* Broad ranging careers in all the usual hotel departments and a few you wouldn’t expect…like our adventure team
* Fully funded apprenticeship opportunities
Due to our rural location, you will require your own transport (WR12 7LJ). If this sounds like your ideal next move, and you would like to discuss this role or any other opportunities on our estate, please do get in touch! We look forward to hearing from you.
We are members of the Hoteliers Charter, and are committed to providing a workplace built on respect, fairness, equality, diversity and opportunity, and to putting wellness and career development at the heart of what we do.