Chef de Partie

As Chef de Partie, you will be assisting the Head Chef & Sous Chef in the responsibility of all the highest professional quality food production, including all items produced for The Dining Room, The Inn & Lounge, Terraces, Room Service & Banqueting. The Chef de Partie also helps the management lead the development and monitoring of training, hygiene standards, and a culture of creative excellence.

Primary Duties

-To assist in the food preparation and culinary activities to the highest professional quality for all food production at the hotel. Including all items produced for; The Dining Room (60 covers), The Inn & Lounge (approx. 70), Terraces (approx. 100) Room Service (29 Rooms) & Banqueting (One event space with a capacity: dining 30-60 & reception 100)
-To assist the Head Chef & Sous Chef in creating, developing and updating all menus in keeping with The Star’s culinary offering, quality expectations and ethos
-To assist the Head Chef & Sous Chef in understanding what food products and other necessary supplies need to be requested and purchased.
-Be a leader in the development and monitoring of the departmental training, hygiene standards, and a creative excellence culture

General

-Conducts business matters in a professional, ethical, and courteous manner
-Be proactive in all environmental programmes within the hotel, including recycling, waste management, chemical management and energy management.
-Dresses in an appropriate professional style following The Star’s standards.
-To instil a high level of integrity within the team
-To carry out any other reasonable tasks requested by the Sous Chef & Head Chef
-To prevent food contamination by practising good chemical food and personal hygiene habits
-To maintain a high standard of personal hygiene and grooming at all times, ensuring that your designated uniform is worn, well pressed and in a good state of repair at all times.

The Star offers

-Meals whilst on duty-28 days holiday per year increasing after 2 years employment to 30 days
-Staff accommodation may also be available for full time applicants
-Employee of the Year Programme: £500 prize plus complimentary two night stay at any one of the three hotels in The Polizzi Collection
-Discounted stays at any of the hotels in The Polizzi Collection
-Discounted food and beverage at any of our hotels-Complimentary stay at any of our hotels inclusive of breakfast and dinner after one years service.

Why join us?

The Polizzi Collection is a group of three family-owned luxury hotels, and ‘our family’, you the employees, are very important to us. We truly value our family and as such we have many long serving employees at each of our hotels: Hotel Endsleigh in Devon, Hotel Tresanton in Cornwall and The Star in East Sussex. We understand the importance of teamwork and that it takes everyone working together to achieve the goal of making memorable experiences for our guests. The rewards of working with such wonderful passionate employees are endless!