Chef de Partie

About The Role

As a Chef de Partie you will assist the Sous Chef & Head Chef in delivering the Butlins food propositions. Responsible for a specified section of the kitchen, ensuring the safe preparation, cooking, and presentation of the dishes, following set recipe specifications and brand standards. You will oversee and manage small teams of commis chefs, ensuring the delivery of the food proposition in accordance with food safety policy. You will be enrolled on our award winning Butlins Chef Academy to enhance your skills in a fun and educational environment, helping you progress to more senior levels.

As a Chef de Partie, your responsibilities in this role will be a key factor in our kitchens. You will be deputised in absence of the sous chef, manage, and oversee the daily operations in your own section, ensuring efficiency and compliance with food safety policies. You will also maintain a clean and organised workstation, always adhering the health and safety regulations demonstrating these responsibilities as a behaviour standard to the Commis Chefs you will lead, train and mentor with guidance and support as needed. You will also be expected to prepare and cock dishes with pre-approved recipe specifications, ensure completion of relevant daily food diaries related to the role and control budget margins with the support of the Head Chef and Sous Chef.

We are looking for individuals with experience in a similar level role. We would also love to hear from you if you're looking to step up to your next role in the kitchen.

You will need to be hard working and determined, a reliable person who likes to get things done and who will look for better ways for the team to consistently deliver our brand standards.

We are looking for candidates who are energetic and enthusiastic, high spirited and fun loving and who will understand their role and the value they can add to the guest experience by unleashing the potential of the team.

You should have also passed your Level 3 Food Safety qualification and be confident in leading a team to continually deliver high standards in a fast paced and busy kitchen environment.

As with any chef role at this level, you will also be responsible for managing margins and controlling costs and all things health, safety and hygiene related.

We think our chefs at Butlin’s are something special and we know our guests love to keep returning to our restaurants as part of their holiday experience so the cherry on the top for the successful candidate is for them to be fun, keen to join in and work as part of a team, and is interested in ensuring our guests have a great time, every time.

Typical working hours: working five days over seven, covering 40 hours per week and are part of a bonus scheme

At Butlin’s, we’re all about fun, excitement, and adventure by the bucketload! For over 80 years we’ve been delighting hundreds of thousands of guests each year, whether on a non-stop action family break or our epic Adult only Big Weekenders.

Ask any of our team, past and present, and one of the best things they’ll say about working at Butlin’s is our culture! We’re all about providing our guests with an Altogether More Entertaining and Fun Break, brought to life through our three mighty values.
So, if you want a role where you Create Smiles, where you aren’t afraid to Get Stuck In and where the team genuinely Cares For Each Other – this could be the perfect fit for you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Butlin’s!