Pastry Chef

Pastry Chef – Thomas Franks Ltd

Location:

Farnham, Surrey

Contract:

Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £10,785.39 (per annum)

Hours:

40 per week

We are a uniquely child‑centred private school with a sixth form college located near Farnham, Surrey. We cater for just over 600 students and teachers daily, offering a core feeding of breakfast, AM snack, lunch, PM snack and supper. As a boarding school we operate Monday to Sunday with shift patterns 5 over
7. There is also a commercial café open to parents and the team caters for weddings through the summer. On‑site parking is available.

• Work well in a team producing bread, cakes and desserts for lunch service and hospitality.
• Produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the company’s brand standards.
• Ensure company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensure all food hygiene and health & safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

• Genuine interest in food & excellent customer service.
• All‑round team player.
• Innovation and passion for great food.
• Organised chef with attention to detail.

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable/good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable/good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and/or food preparation environment is preferred.

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty.
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well‑established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

Thomas Franks is a founder‑led fresh food catering business focused on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people, are paramount to our daily success.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed.

However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind‑over must be declared.

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under‑represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Management and Manufacturing
• Industries:
  Hospitality