Description
As a Chef de Partie with Soho House, you will ensure that our members have an amazing dining experience every time.
Your main responsibility is to ensure that the food we deliver to our members is of the highest quality. This includes preparing food before service, setting up and stocking kitchen stations and plating to company standards.
Main duties:
- Set up the kitchen prior to service
- Prepare a particular station in the kitchen by bringing all food containers to that point in the line
- Cook a specific portion of each plated meal from the menu
- Assist with marinating, cutting and pre-cooking foods for service
- Support with the deep cleaning of the entire kitchen before close
- Clean and sanitise your section before and after service
- Wrap unused items and store them in the proper area at the end of service
- Plate food according to company guidelines ensuring high standards
- Ensure mise en place is completed before service
- Maintain a professional attitude at all times
- Ensure health and safety regulations are met
- Maintain a spotless and pristine working environment
- Attend regular meetings with front and back of house teams to learn about any menu or service changes and specials alongside daily tastings
- Support the kitchen and service team with any of their needs on an ad-hoc basis
Experience required:
- Previous experience in a busy high-profile kitchen
- Natural flair for first-class service
- Passion for food, drink and hospitality
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent customer service
- Fluent in English and Japanese
- Organised and reliable
- Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions
- Good knife skills and understanding of basic culinary principles
Physical requirements:
- Must be able to seize, grasp, turn and hold objects by hand
- Able to work on your feet for at least 8 hours
- Occasionally kneel, bend, crouch and climb as required