Serco Plc
Chef de Partie
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Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, SL7 1RR
Permanent, Full Time - 39 hours p/w – shift rota (Mon – Sun: 06:00 – 14:30 or 10:30 – 19:00)
£29,968 per annum plus excellent benefits
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As a Chef De Partie in our Serco Leisure Operating Ltd (Sport England) team, you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality food production within a fast-paced, high-volume kitchen environment. Your work will help ensure customers receive safe, consistent, and well-prepared meals while maintaining the highest standards of food quality and efficiency.
Our work touches lives every day, and this role is no exception. By producing food to exacting standards, maintaining food safety compliance, and helping drive efficiency, you’ll make a positive impact on the people and communities we serve. If you take pride in quality, care about consistency, and enjoy working as part of a supportive team, this is an opportunity to impact a better future while continuing your own growth and development.
What you’ll do as a Chef De Partie
- Produce large batches of food in line with approved recipes, specifications, and production plans.
- Maintain high standards of food quality, consistency, presentation, and portion control.
- Follow food safety, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), allergen management, and temperature control procedures at all times.
- Organise your section effectively, ensuring ingredients, equipment, and materials are prepared to meet production schedules.
- Minimise waste, maximise yield, and support cost-effective kitchen operations.
- Work closely with colleagues and supervisors to ensure production targets, quality standards, and customer requirements are achieved.
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Does this sound like you?
- Experience working as a Chef or in a similar role within a high-volume food production or catering environment.
- Strong knowledge of food safety legislation, HACCP procedures, allergen management, and temperature control requirements.
- Ability to follow recipes, specifications, and production instructions accurately and consistently.
- Well organised, able to prioritise workloads, and comfortable working to deadlines in a busy environment.
- A collaborative team player who communicates clearly and takes ownership of delivering high standards.
- Fast-paced and physically demanding environment – ability to stand for long periods and working in high-temperature condition.
What we offer
- 20 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (we currently offer over 60 different apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
- Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service.
- Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
- Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity.
- Our employee networks support connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including veterans, LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
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Vetting and checks
As well as checking eligibility to work in the UK, you will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to help us identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
Serco Leisure is one of the UK's leading national operators of leisure centres, destination venues and elite sporting facilities, managing sites, services and recruitment on behalf of the Leisure Trust.
Our inclusive recruitment commitment: We prioritise your skills and potential, and champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).
Please note, for many of our roles, a DBS check will be required. For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.
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