Chef De Partie position has become available, amazing working conditions and unique beautiful Venue and location in the heart of Windsor great Park A 17th century former royal residence has stunning facilities, available to hire for residential and non-residential conferences, meetings, away days and special events offering a good home / work life balance with time off over Christmas and New Year 37.5 hours a week, 5 days in 7. Straight shifts (including evenings and weekends) A warm and friendly team, close knit team of about 50 employees, and the kitchen team of five chefs provide breakfast, lunch and dinner for groups of up to 100 guests. The Chef De Partie duties will be to assist the Head Chef with the preparation of meals and maintaining the cleanliness any hygiene of the kitchen to the required standard. The Chef De Partie will need to be suited and experienced within this role Ability to supervise and share knowledge and skills with junior kitchen staff Willing to be customer facing and serve groups within the dining room Flexibility to work a varied shift patterns Chef De partie must Drive and have own vehicle due to location Chef De Partie must be a hard working individual with good all round kitchen skills and be an excellent cook. Job Description To ensure the smooth running of the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef or Sous Chef To assist in the preparation and presentation of all meals at the required times and to the required standard. To assist with menu planning, orders, checking and storing deliveries and rota's as directed by the Head Chef. To assist the Head Chef to minimise food loss and wastage. To ensure compliance of all cleaning schedules required for the kitchen. To assist with the training and development of the kitchen staff. To record daily costings of menu items when required. To ensure the security of the stores during working hours and that they securely locked at the end of the shift. Making sure all temperature checks and records are kept on a daily basis To ensure that statutory regulations including Food Safety and COSHH are adhered to in the absence of management. To prepare and assist at special functions which may sometimes be outside normal working hours. To report and where possible take action on customer and client complaints or compliments. To report and where possible take action for any incidents of accident, fire, loss, theft, damage, unfit food or other irregularities. To attend meetings and training courses as may be necessary from time to time. The job description is designed to help you in the understanding of your role and is not intended to be a definitive list of your duties as flexibility in meeting business needs is required by all employees. Benefits 37.5 hour week Excellent working conditions Meals on duty Standard Life contributory pension (currently 7% contributions to support 5% personal contributions, with the option to increase personal contributions over and above 5%) Death-in-service benefit 25 days annual leave in a calendar year plus 8 days bank/public holiday (or alternative days in lieu if it is necessary to work a public holiday)