Senior Chef
About this role
Job Advertisement: Senior Chef (Chef De Partie)
Company Name: Support Bridge Staffing Agency
Location: Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, SL7 1RR
Salary: £33,000 per annum plus excellent benefits
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time (39 hours per week, shift rota covering Monday to Sunday: 06:00 – 14:30 or 10:30 – 19:00)
Job ID: 312093
Ready to impact a better future?
Support Bridge Staffing Agency is proud to partner with leading elite sporting facilities to connect culinary professionals with high-impact kitchen roles. We are currently recruiting a dedicated Senior Chef (Chef De Partie) to join the kitchen team at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre.
In this vital role, you will play a key part in delivering high-quality food production within a fast-paced, high-volume environment. Your work will ensure athletes, visitors, and customers receive safe, consistent, and well-prepared meals while maintaining the highest standards of food quality, compliance, and kitchen efficiency.
What You’ll Do
Food Production: Produce large batches of food efficiently in line with approved recipes, specifications, and daily production plans.
Quality & Presentation: Maintain strict standards regarding food quality, consistency, presentation, and precise portion control.
Safety & Compliance: Strictly adhere to food safety legislation, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) procedures, allergen management, and temperature controls at all times.
Section Management: Organise your section effectively, ensuring that all ingredients, equipment, and materials are prepared to meet busy production schedules.
Efficiency & Waste Reduction: Minimise kitchen waste, maximise yield, and support cost-effective kitchen operations.
Team Collaboration: Work closely with colleagues and supervisors to achieve daily production targets and customer satisfaction standards.
What We Are Looking For
Experience: Proven experience working as a Chef or Chef De Partie within a high-volume food production or professional catering environment.
Technical Knowledge: Strong, working knowledge of food safety legislation, HACCP procedures, allergen management, and temperature control requirements.
Accuracy & Organization: Excellent ability to follow recipes and production instructions accurately, manage time, prioritize workloads, and meet strict deadlines.
Physical Resilience: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, physically demanding kitchen environment requiring prolonged standing and high-temperature conditions.
Team Player: A collaborative, communicative team member who takes personal ownership of delivering high standards.
What We Offer You
Leave Allowance: 20 days’ holiday plus bank holidays.
Pension Scheme: Up to 6% contributory employer pension scheme.
Training & Career Growth: Access to over 1,100 internal courses, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including over 60 different apprenticeship programmes), mentoring opportunities, and a strong focus on internal progression.
Health & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, dedicated wellbeing app, 24/7 virtual GP access, and 30% off at managed leisure centres.
Retail & Community Benefits: Exclusive discounts across approximately 1,000 retailers, a paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving, and dynamic employee inclusion networks.