Chef de Partie

Chef de Partie - New Production Kitchen

Full-time, Permanent | £13.00 to £13.50 per hour (about £28,700 to £29,800 a year) | 42.5 hours per week | Flexible shifts | Redditch

Brand new 5,000 sq ft production facility. Brand new machinery. Free on-site gym. A business that never stops growing.

About us

Eric Lyons is a family butcher and fine food business that has been feeding the Midlands for five generations, since 1903. Alongside our shops in Knowle, Bentley Heath, Balsall Common and Codsall, we deliver nationwide online, and our stores are expanding quickly.

To keep up, we have built a brand new 5,000 square foot production facility at Oakland International in Redditch, headed up by our Production Director, Dan Lyons. It is a fantastic place to work, and you do not have to take our word for it: have a look at our Instagram, @ericlyonsltd, to see it for yourself.

Our production team is around 10 amazing people creating the best food possible for our shops and online customers. We never stop: we keep improving, keep growing and keep creating new products, and we want you to be part of it.

The role

We are looking for a skilled, enthusiastic Chef de Partie to join our production kitchen, reporting to the Sous Chef. No two weeks are the same. Depending on your skill level, you could be working on:

• Pastry making

• Sausage rolls and pies

• Ready meals

• Basic butchery, such as pigs in blankets

• Raw butchery products, such as hunter's chicken

• Premium lines, such as beef wellingtons

You will be working with brand new equipment, including a meat depositor, a pie machine and new production lines, so you will learn modern, high-volume production skills that are hard to find elsewhere.

What you will do

• Run your section, producing our lines to plan and to written recipes and specifications, so every batch looks and tastes the same

• Operate our new production machinery safely and efficiently

• Keep food safety records up to date and follow HACCP, allergen and hygiene procedures, including temperatures, labelling and traceability

• Control yields, portions and waste, so we get the most from every ingredient

• Rotate and manage stock, and keep your section clean, organised and audit-ready

• Help develop, test and launch new products to feed our growing number of stores

• Learn the full range and cover other sections when needed

Room to grow

We have huge potential and are growing rapidly. As the business grows, so do the opportunities: for the right person, progression in both pay and role can be rapid. If you are ambitious and want to build a career rather than just do a job, this is the place for you.

What we are looking for

• Experience as a Chef de Partie, or a strong Commis ready to step up, in a busy kitchen

• Production, bakery, pastry or butchery experience is a big plus, but we will train the right person on our lines and machinery

• Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate

• Pride in quality, attention to detail and the ability to follow a spec exactly

• Reliable, positive and happy working as part of a close team

• Own transport, as some shifts start early or finish late

• Right to work in the UK

What we offer

• £13.00 to £13.50 per hour, depending on experience

• Real opportunities for rapid progression in pay and role

• FREE on-site gym

• A brand new, purpose-built production facility with brand new machinery

• 28 days' holiday including bank holidays, plus your birthday off

• 10% Profit Share scheme

• Employee discount

• Free on-site parking

• Workplace pension

• Cycle to work scheme

• Company events

• Flexible early, late and weekend shifts, built around your dream days and hours

Hours that work for you

We work a mixture of early, late and weekend shifts across 42.5 hours per week, and because we are expanding rapidly, there is real flexibility in how those hours are made up. So our first question to every new starter is always the same: what are your dream days and hours? Everyone wants different days and hours, and with so many shifts to choose from, we can make this happen. This is not just something we say in an advert. We genuinely want this role to work in your favour, because if you are happier in your role, everyone wins.

How to apply

Click Apply and send us your CV with a few lines about your kitchen experience, the kind of food you love making, and your dream days and hours. Have a look at @ericlyonsltd on Instagram first to see where you could be working. We look forward to hearing from you.

Pay: £28,700.00-£29,800.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Gym membership
• On-site parking
• Store discount

Application question(s):

• What is your favourite food / meal?
• Are you a Foodie?
• How would you deal with this scenario? - we are way behind on making pork pies for our major 2 weeks running up to Christmas

Experience:

• Chef: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)
• Food Hygiene Certificate (required)

Work Location: In person