Job Description
- Job Title: Chef De Partie
- Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 5LR
- up to £30,000.00 Salary
- 40 Hours / 5 days over 7 days
Job Introduction
Heritage Portfolio are looking for a skilled Chef de Partie to assist in a consistent standard across prep and service at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. With an emphasis on fresh, made from scratch cooking, our culinary team execute outstanding retail and event catering designed to showcase the best of seasonal and Scottish produce.
You’ll own your mise en place, deliver during busy services, and support the team with training, cleanliness, and stock control. The role is a blend of working across retail menu prep and delivery for our cafes, as well as assisting with events and supporting our seasonal pop-up offers.
You will be a culinary professional with proven experience as a Chef de Partie in a high-volume environment.
What You’ll Do:
- Run your section (grill/larder/pastry/veg) during prep and service with consistency and pace
- Maintain mise en place levels with appropriate knowledge of labelling, stock rotation and allergen management
- Follow production plans and recipe specifications to ensure consistency
- Uphold food safety, hygiene and allergen procedures (HACCP) at all times
- Support GP and waste targets through smart prep, portioning, and communication
- Assist with deliveries, stock counts, and equipment care
- Contribute ideas to menu development and daily specials
- Train and support Commis/Junior CDPs and be a positive team player
What You Bring:
- Proven Chef de Partie experience in a quality fresh-food kitchen
- Strong knife skills and section ownership
- The ability to stay calm under pressure and manage multiple workstreams at one time
- A solid understanding of allergens, HACCP, and cross-contamination controls
- A great communicator with pride in standards and plating
- Flexibility, reliability, punctuality, and a can-do attitude
- Excellent personal hygiene
- Desirable: Level 2 Food Hygiene (or willing to obtain), knowledge of COSHH
What we offer:
- Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
- Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
- Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
- The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
- Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
- Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
- A Death-in-Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
- Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
- Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
- Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
- Flexible and dynamic work environment
- Competitive compensation
- Full training and full protective uniform supplied.
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