Pastry Chef De Partie - National Theatre

at  Compass Group

Pastry Chef De Partie - National Theatre

• Up to 40K per annum
• 5 out of 7 days per week
• Medicash – Healthcare benefits, including dental, optical and therapy treatments (includes up to 4 dependent children)
• Aviva Digicare – Free annual healthcare check
• Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)
• Entertainment discounts – up to 55% off cinema tickets
• Health & Wellbeing discounts – Discounts for Nuffield Health (20%) and Pure Gym (10%)
• Travel discounts – Discounts with holiday companies such as TUI and Expedia
• Shopping discounts – Save up to 15% at high street and online stores by purchasing Shopping Cards
• Meals on duty
• Vodaphone discounts
• Pension scheme and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 23 days + BH’s and additional day off for your birthday
• 2 days additional leave, following return from Maternity leave during first year back
• Competitive and supportive family benefits
• Day off for babies 1st birthday
• Holiday purchase scheme
• On-going training & development and career pathways
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Financial wellbeing programme and preferred rates on salary finance products

Role Purpose: To prepare, assemble, cook all menu dishes, providing high quality dishes for the customer and client. Assist in general cleaning of the kitchen, maintaining high standards of hygiene. Drive sales through centrally driven menu plans and promotions and ensure compliance through preferred suppliers. Provide high quality service to customers and client in line with a food service offer that is applicable to sector and client.

ABOUT US

The National Theatre, one of the UK’s leading arts venues, reaches millions of people each year through live and digital programming, creating, and sharing performances in London, across the UK and internationally. The organisation strives to be accessible, inclusive, and sustainable. It empowers artists and craftspeople to make world-leading work, inspires young people, and works with communities. Based in the heart of London’s South Bank, the venue is home to multiple performance spaces and is attended by over a million people annually, operating year-round to provide a welcoming space for audiences and visitors alike.
NT Food and Drink, a partnership formed between Levy UK & I (part of Compass Group), KERB Events and the National Theatre, enhances the experience of visitors to the NT. Through delivery of great hospitality across the building and with a wide range of venues from Espresso bars, cafes, theatre bars or pubs and restaurants, whether theatre-going or not, we’re able to meet the needs of our guest and add to their experience of visiting this iconic venue.

• To prepare, cook and assemble menus aligned to client environment and centrally driven menus and promotions where appropriate
• Follow set portion control and ensure all food is purchased in the first instance from our preferred list of suppliers wherever possible
• Use your passion to assist with desserts specs and plate ups
• Create and follow recipes
• Work as part of a team to create customer satisfaction
• Successfully create customer pleasing dishes
• To ensure all food is stored, handled and packed at the correct temperature and in accordance with Food Handling and Hygiene Regulations.
• To maintain records of temperatures and remedial action taken where necessary, reporting all issues to your line manager
• Use machinery as shown and trained to ensure equipment is used safely and in accordance with legislation, and reporting of equipment issues to your line manager
• To ensure that work areas are kept clean and that all waste is recorded and disposed of correctly.
• To be competent and skilled to work in all areas of preparation, cook and counter service.
• Ensure the quality and presentation of the food is to the highest standard and specification.
• Ensure the quality and the presentation of hospitality catering is to the highest standard
• To comply with all Health and safety legislation.
• To attend and comply with any training by Brands, Health and Safety, Food Safety etc.
• To ensure you comply with current dress and personal hygiene regulations.
• To be responsible for monitoring and recording, day to day production schedule of each menu item.