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Chef de Partie - Mill View
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Chef de Partie
Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week. Wednesday – Saturday 07:00-15:00, Sunday 07:00-14:30 (with flexibility to cover leave and sickness)
Location: Mill View, St Edmunds Way, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB22 5GA
Salary: £30,257.70
Enjoy your passion for food with a better work-life balance, creative freedom, and real responsibility.
Are you a talented chef looking for a role that lets you do what you love—without sacrificing your evenings? Join our team at Mill View as a Chef de Partie and enjoy more sociable working hours in a supportive, community-focused environment.
Why This Role Stands Out
This isn’t your typical chef job. As a Chef de Partie at Mill View, you’ll:
- Have creative input into menu planning, helping shape a varied, seasonal, and resident-focused food offering.
- Opportunity to take on responsibility, running the kitchen in the absence of the Catering Manager—including during holidays and days off. (This is a fantastic opportunity to step up and showcase your leadership potential)
What You’ll Be Doing
- Preparing and serving high-quality, nutritious meals to residents, guests, and visitors.
- Supporting the Catering Manager with kitchen operations, stock control, and budgeting.
- Leading the kitchen team when needed to ensure smooth, uninterrupted service.
- Maintaining high standards of food safety, hygiene, and customer satisfaction.
- Engaging with residents to gather feedback and continuously improve our food offering.
- Having a say in menu development, with a focus on variety, dietary needs, and seasonal ingredients.
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What We’re Looking For
- A passion for food and delivering exceptional service.
- Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Knowledge of catering equipment and food safety legislation.
Qualifications
- A Level 2 or 3 Food Hygiene Certificate would be great—but don’t worry if you don’t have one yet. We can provide the relevant training on your first day if required.
- Desirable:
- NVQ in Kitchen Larder and Pastry (or equivalent) – showcasing your culinary technique.
- Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate – demonstrating your commitment to food safety.
- Experience in retirement living or extra care schemes.
- Event and function catering experience.
Employee Benefits
We believe in rewarding our team with more than just a paycheque. In addition to a wealth of other benefits and as part of our commitment to your wellbeing and development, we offer:
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Retail Discounts
- 28 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Private Health Care
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Christmas Savings Club
Our Values
We’re proud of the work we do and the difference we make. Our values—integrity, customer focus, pride, and collaboration—guide everything we do. You’ll be part of a team that values your contribution and helps you grow.
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Please note that applications will be reviewed as received and bpha reserves the right to close applications early upon identification of a suitable candidate. Apply early to avoid disappointment!
All offers will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening, including Enhanced DBS check and references.
About Bpha
bpha is a leading Housing Association in the Oxford to Cambridge arc, providing high-quality, affordable homes and services. We own or manage over 19,500 properties and reinvest all income into improving homes, building new ones, and supporting communities. Our vision is to build places where people can live happily in homes they can afford, guided by value that shape everything we do.
Benefits
We believe that benefits should be more than just perks. For us, they aren’t simply little extras added on at the end, they’re fundamental parts of what we stand for, from the very beginning. As standard.
That’s why at bpha, we reward our employees by making sure we give them a supportive and caring environment, that empowers them to be happy, healthy and inspired, every day.
Our full benefits offering can be found here: https://www.bpha.org.uk/about-us/bpha-colleague-benefits/139/
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