Commis Chef / Breakfast Chef

We are looking for a Commis Chef to join the Prep kitchen The Roof Gardens. As a key member of our kitchen team, you will be busy supporting the operation to ensure a truly brilliant experience for our members when they dine with us.

You'll need to be quick-acting, quick-thinking, responsive, and calm under pressure as you work in a busy team to execute preparation, cooking and delivery of dishes to the very highest standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operations & Service: Prepare ingredients, the mise en place and ensure a clean, organised and hygienic section. Assist senior team with any tasks delegated and improve your food preparation based on feedback. Help with deliveries and stock taking, checking fridges are all stocked, correctly dated upon receipt and be responsible for stock rotation and portion control.



• Compliance: Ensure cleanliness of kitchen and all associated equipment with high levels of health and safety standards. Ensure compliance with food safety, hygiene standards, company policies and procedures and assist with maintaining all necessary documentation to ensure adherence to regulation.
  
  Previous experience as a Commis Chef in luxury F&B settings


• Possess Level 2 Food Safety and Health and Safety awards


• Knowledgeable in manual handling, COSHH, and chemical safety


• Strong team player with excellent kitchen skills and equipment knowledge


• Works well under pressure with meticulous attention to detail


• Effective communicator with good organisational abilities


• Proficient in English and numeracy with a passion for diversity and inclusion


• Flexible schedule, able to work evenings and weekends, Chef: 1 year (preferred)


• Cooking: 1 year (preferred)


• Kitchen experience: 1 year (preferred)
  
  The Roof Gardens were originally created in the Art Deco period and opened in 1933. In the late 60's the building was taken over by fashion powerhouse Biba and was the pulse of Swinging London. 100 ft high above Kensington High Street, set across 3 floors with over an acre of gardens, The Roof Gardens will be a next generation members club that is future-facing, committed to innovation and community, to discovery and to delight. The club will open in Spring/Summer 2024 as a world-leading members' club affording its community beautiful gardens, bars, restaurants and events spaces alongside a visionary cultural and music programme.
  
  Salary above market rate + Tronc


• 30 days holiday + 1 extra day for every year service


• 1 'celebrate you' holiday and 1 volunteer day


• Free meal during your shift


• Uniform and dry cleaning provided


• A space where you can shower, securely leave your things & relax with colleagues


• Access to financial well-being platform Wagestream


• 24/7 access to well-being support


• Growth opportunities, both personally and professionally


• Access to our quiet 'Zen' retreat space


• Pension scheme, including employer contributions


• Team socials to celebrate the wins


We are a community united by attitude, curiosity and optimism, not defined by background. We celebrate individuality and free expression. It doesn't matter where you have come from, it's where you are going. The Roof Gardens is a welcoming place of acceptance where growth is nurtured, experiences are shared, stories are exchanged and ideas are born.

If you'd like to join us on the next chapter of The Roof Gardens, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food


Schedule:

• 10 hour shift


• 8 hour shift


• Day shift


• Monday to Friday


• Night shift


• Weekend availability