Commis Chef

Commis Chef

Are you looking to start your career as a chef? The Belfry Hotel & Resort has a new opportunity for a Commis Chef to join our team in the Ryder Grill & Kitchen. If you have limited or no experience, this role is ideal for you, we will make sure that you are given all of the tools and experience you need to kick start your career.

The Belfry gives you that family feeling when at work. We are a business that champions our team’s progression and successes, while rewarding hard work with internal promotion, we also like to let our hair down with great team building activities throughout the year, industry leading rewards and benefits and ongoing training and development.

Your new department

The Ryder Grill & Kitchen is a 220 seat restaurant that offers a number of menu options, ranging from our stunning one rosette À la Carte menu to chefs table and a Sunday Carvery. The Ryder Grill & Kitchen also benefits from a theatre kitchen where we prepare and cook our steaks and roasts all in view of the guest. Our menus are seasonal so you will learn how we build a menu, cost it and deliver it out to our guests.

The Head Chef for the Ryder Grill and Kitchen has an eye for detail and expects his team to deliver rosette standard food with precision and excellence, being a straight talker you will get exact direction you need to follow to achieve this, he believes his team should work hard and enjoy their craft using him to help advance their knowledge.

What your day will look like

As a Commis Chef within the Ryder Grill kitchen your day will be focused on the À la Carte menu, you will have five and a half hours preparation time Monday to Saturday working from specification sheets to get all food items ready to serve.
The restaurant goes into full service and you will work with the rest of the team to deliver up to 300 covers on busy evenings, not including starters and desserts.

On Sundays, we run a carvery menu so you will be in full service for the whole day, from 11.30 am – 22.00 and you would need to keep the carvery topped up as well as prepare for a busy evening service. Sundays are our busiest day in the restaurant so being on top of your game for this shift will ensure its success.

Duties of the role

Set up and preparation of menus items for your section ready for food service, numbers based on hotel occupancy for the resort and you will prepare food in advance for the coming week.

• Responsibility for all temperature logging for hot items and refrigerators to ensure full compliance
• Running a section of the kitchen throughout a busy service and providing support to your team mates to ensure a fast and

accurate delivery.

• Clearing and cleaning of your section and other areas of the kitchen to ensure we remain compliant
• Understanding of COSHH and HACCP on food storage.
• Work towards guidelines of portion control including weights and measurements and logging all wastage for more accurate

GP %

• This is not an exhaustive list but an outline of the responsibilities that will be required of you.

Working Hours & Holiday Entitlement

48 Hour Contract, your working week will be five days out of seven including some weekends
Monday – Saturday 12.30am – 22.30pm
Sundays – 11.30am – 22.30pm
Holiday entitlement – 28 days which rises to 31 after two calendar years and 33 after five calendar years’ service

Training, Development & Company Rewards & Benefits

• Online E-Learning portal to complete department specific training
• Apprenticeships paid for by the resort at your usual salary rate
• Opportunities for fast progression around one of our many kitchens
• The resort will pay for you to complete your Food Safety Level 2/3
• Free uniform will be provided for you to complete your daily work
• Free meals in our team canteen with a great selection of hot and cold meals, cakes, fruits, desserts etc.
• Resort discounts that include: Gym membership, Bed and Breakfast for £35.00, up to 40% off all food and beverage

departments, free golf on the Derby course and BIG discounts on PGA and the Brabazon, 25% discount on retail, Golf
lessons, buggy hire etc.

• Access to hundreds of discounts on high-street restaurants, retail outlets, days out etc. through Vectis
• Team engagement events throughout the year including team party and awards evening in January, Curry and Quiz

evening, Belfry Mini Golf tournament, team Christmas meal plus many more.