Cleaver & Wake Chef de Partie

As a Cleaver & Wake Chef de Partie, you will need experience in working in a fast-paced, fine dining kitchen. This role is a not an entry level position – you will be supporting the Senior Chefs to manage the Cleaver & Wake kitchen to the standards set out by the Chef Patron, directing your section and enforcing a high level of health and hygiene standards.

Managing food margins through wastage and portioning is second nature to you, whilst developing a high performing team is something you have done in previous roles and will bring to this one. All chefs in your section will have a development plan and you will nurturing that talent to become your successor. A 5* food hygiene rating is your bread and butter, you manage your section to be audit ready at all times, and food safety is paramount – you put your guests as your priority.

Requirements

• Experience in a fast-paced, fine dining kitchen
• Experience in developing high performing teams
• Experience in managing food margins through wastage and portioning
• Experience in managing a section to be audit ready at all times
• Understanding of food safety paramount

Responsibilities

• Support Senior Chefs to manage the Cleaver & Wake kitchen
• Direct your section
• Enforce a high level of health and hygiene standards
• Develop a development plan for chefs in your section
• Nurture talent within your section

Benefits

• A culture where you’re valued, supported and inspired to be at your best
• Generous holiday package
• Discounted food and drink whilst on shift
• Discounted gym membership with Virgin Active at Nottingham
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Birthday & work anniversary recognition

About 1 The Island Quarter

1 The Island Quarter is an ambitious and exciting real estate development of a 36 acre freehold site in the heart of Nottingham. We are a new & dynamic hospitality team charged with creating 1 The Island Quarter to be a sustainable business, transforming it into a cultural hub, a new and exciting destination for experiencing food, arts, music, sporting events and other community interests. The first phase consists of 2 restaurants - Binks Yard and Cleaver & Wake, an outside live events space with a bandstand and an internal venue for private functions. What we do at 1 The Island Quarter is much more than be just a venue. Our guest-centric team love what they do, taking pride in always delivering value and consistency, they are actively generous in going the extra mile to create great memories for our guests, aiming to deliver genuine, exceptional service that is inclusive, authentic and fun. Cleaver & Wake is more than a restaurant, it is an experience. The vision of our Chef Patron Laurence Henry, the menu allows you to be taken on a food journey, cooked in our open kitchen by our very skilled and passionate chefs. Our knowledgeable bar team will pair drinks that heighten your experience and our front of house team know no bounds on ensuring that you are taken care of. Cleaver & Wake is a place where memories are made.