Chef

Passionate About Fresh Food? Want Your Evenings Back?

At Highfield Garden Centre, we pride ourselves on delivering top-quality, freshly prepared dishes in a bustling, high-volume environment. From our famous hearty breakfasts and fresh daily specials to hand-crafted afternoon teas and home-baked treats, our kitchen is at the heart of our customer experience.

We are looking for a enthusiastic, skilled, and reliable Chef de Partie to join our busy brigade. If you're tired of split shifts and late night finishes but still want to cook fresh, high-standard dishes with quality ingredients, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Running Your Section: Take full ownership of your assigned kitchen section during service, ensuring smooth prep, cooking, and presentation.
• Fresh Food Preparation: Work with quality ingredients to execute our menu to exact specifications and standards.
• Standards & Compliance: Help maintain exceptional food hygiene, safety, and allergen standards across the kitchen (keeping that 5-Star EHO standard top of mind).
• Team Support: Support the Head Chef and Senior Sous Chef in managing stock, minimizing waste, and mentoring Commis Chefs or kitchen assistants.
• Service Drive: Maintain speed and accuracy during peak service windows without compromising on dish quality.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: Previous experience as a CDP or strong Commis Chef ready to step up in a fresh-food, high-volume environment.
• Qualifications: Level 2 Food Safety certification (essential) and up-to-date knowledge of allergen management.
• Work Ethic: A team player with strong organizational skills, high attention to detail, and a calm focus under pressure.
• Passion: Genuine pride in the food leaving the pass.

Why Join Us?

• Fantastic Work-Life Balance: Daytime shifts aligned with center opening hours—say goodbye to unsociable late nights!
• Career Progression: Clear pathways for development across our wider garden center network.
• Employee Benefits: Generous staff discount across our restaurant, plant, and retail departments.
• Supportive Environment: Work in a well-equipped kitchen alongside a supportive, collaborative kitchen team.

Pay: From £12.71 per hour

Work Location: In person