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Cafe Chef de Partie - Auckland Palace
| Posting date: | 12 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,624.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2025 |
| Location: | DL147JF |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The Auckland Project |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BKCDP |
Summary
Role
Bishops Kitchen Café Chef de Partie
Reporting to
Head Chef
Contract
1 x Permanent, 40 hours per week
Salary
Up to £26,624.00 per annum dependant on qualifications/experience
The Auckland Project
At the heart of our sites is St Peter’s Chapel, in Auckland Castle: the home of the Prince Bishops, and the historic seat of faith and power in the North of England. The experience across our sites is deeply linked to those two themes of faith and power – they are repeated throughout the Castle and Faith Museum, the Mining Art Gallery and the Spanish Gallery. The collection of our venues, spaces and places invite conversations about belonging, faith, loss, sacrifice, community, love and creativity. We would like our guests to explore: to discover things about our town, our country and their own lives. We want to create memorable and transformative encounters – and need your help to do so.
The role purpose
We are looking for an enthusiastic Chef de Partie to join our passionate food and beverage team predominantly preparing food for the Bishops’ Kitchen, our café within the Palace. This diverse role will work in a small team and produce fresh, delicious food. You will be using fresh, locally sourced ingredients including produce from our Walled Garden. This role will include being customer facing at times and will require a calm and pleasant persona.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of a passionate and driven team. As a key member of the team, you will contribute to the delivery of exceptional hospitality; making you a part of an organisation dedicated to the regeneration, conservation and celebration of Bishop Auckland. This will be achieved by maintaining a safe, happy creative workplace founded in professionalism and strong team ethic.
We also offer 30 days annual leave per annum.
Context
Supervisory responsibility Kitchen team members working alongside, including agency staff where necessary.
Line management responsibility None.
Financial responsibility No budgetary responsibility. Drives profit by contributing to the development of appropriate menus with strong profit margin products, and minimising wastage.
Area of impact Own kitchen, and any kitchens working in as part of a group food task / project.
Menu responsibility Collaborates with head chef / Sous Chef to develop overall food proposition.
Undertakes any necessary mentoring, training and coaching to develop seasonal menus and specials.
Undertakes any delegated menu development for specific pop-ups and events.
Key Responsibilities
The post-holder is responsible for the following key deliverables and accountabilities:
• Be able to take care of a section in an operational kitchen and ensure that standards are met
• Carry out all cleaning duties allocated in accordance with the cleaning schedule
• Work with a sense of urgency and with attention to detail
• Full awareness for all menu items, recipes, allergens, and presentation standards
• Work within specified processes around our stock management and EPOS solution, ensuring that all information is up to date and that all processes are completed on a day to day basis
Health & Safety
Be committed to good health and safety and access practice, ensuring familiarity and compliance with TAP policies, procedures and guidelines and the health and safety of visitors, staff, volunteers and contractors at all times.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
• At least one years’ experience in a similar position
• Level 1 qualification or equivalent
• Basic knife skills essential
• Good communication and customer service skills
• Work tidy
• Understanding of stock management
• Professional, hard working with an enthusiastic approach to learning. Be driven and not afraid of hard work
• Exhibit pride in performance and possess high standards
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure
• Good personal hygiene
Desirable Criteria
• Food safety level 2
• Patisserie experience
The Auckland Project focus
The Auckland Project works hard to create a positive change for those living, working and visiting Bishop Auckland. We have created a visitor destination in Bishop Auckland, incorporating Auckland Castle (once home to the Prince Bishops of Durham), a Spanish Art Gallery, Faith Museum, Walled Garden, Deer Park, Mining Art Gallery, Auckland Tower visitor centre and Weardale Railway.
Our visitor destination and community development programme broadly fits into three areas:
1. The social environment: we help individuals and communities by creating a sense of curiosity, hope and faith in themselves and the world around them. We provide opportunities for skills development and partnerships, building a year-round tourist market and supporting small creative industries to thrive
2. The natural environment: we protect, sustain and enhance the world around us
3. The built environment: we restore and enhance the beauty and historic significance of the buildings, structures and assets in our care.
By working with us, you are helping to ensure the town’s future is as magnificent and vibrant as its past.
How to Apply
Apply for this role by downloading and completing an application form from https://aucklandproject.org/about/join-the-team/ and emailing this to recruitment@aucklandproject.org
Closing date: Friday 7th February 2025 at midnight
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.