Trainee Chef De Partie

Ipswich –

Contract:

Full Time, Permanent – Salary: £22,170 –

Hours:

37.5 per week – 52 weeks a year operations, 7 days a week, working pattern 5 days out of 7. Free parking on site.

A day and boarding co‑educational school for pupils from nursery to Sixth form in Ipswich, Suffolk. Catering for about 500 students and teachers daily. The school provides a core feeding of Breakfast, lunch, supper, internal and external hospitality.

Trainee Chef De Partie – Join one of our fantastic locations in Ipswich. You will ideally have previous experience of working within a fast‑paced catering environment.

We encourage you to bring joy to what you do, working with a great team, for a company fanatical about food and serving wonderful customers.

• Support the team with preparing food for customers.
• Prepare all prep areas for the day's business relating to each meal service.
• Prepare, set‑up, serve, clear, clean and store away any food, beverage or equipment required for special functions.
• Prepare food for sale/service, following good hygiene and safety practices and to the standard specified.
• Restock and replenish stocks and consumables as required during service periods, pre‑empt customer needs and achieve optimum customer service delivery.
• Empty, remove and store rubbish / recycle rubbish in the correct place.
• Be prepared to occasionally work evenings and/or weekends for functions and school events.
• Ensure company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensure all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

• Team‑working abilities, listening skills, the ability to work on own initiative, impeccable personal presentation, hygiene and behaviour towards others. Food hygiene certificate preferred.
• Adaptable, flexible, reliable, honest and able to demonstrate an open, attentive approach to customer service.
• Willingness to learn new skills and take some responsibility.
• Ability to manage moderately heavy lifting, carrying and pushing.

• Hold a Level 2 food hygiene qualification.
• Good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience in a customer and/or food preparation environment preferred.

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc.).
• Free meals on duty.
• Voluntary 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 with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients and people are paramount to our daily success.

All applicants must 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 undertaking 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. We 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.