Drapers Chef

About the Role

The food offered at Queen Mary Students’ Union is varied, wide-ranging, and integral to the student and staff experience at Queen Mary University of London. Drapers Bar & Kitchen is our largest campus space, with this role giving you the opportunity to lead the operations of our food offer, training student staff along the way.

This is an opportunity to leave the 60-hour weeks of the hospitality industry behind you whilst being able to put your stance on menu development and training. A great role for a sous chef looking for their next step, or a current kitchen manager who would like to improve their work-life balance. This role is primarily based in Mile End, serving everything from standard pub food to canape receptions and hot fork buffets.

The primary role of the Drapers Bar & Kitchen chef is to ensure the effective ordering, preparation, and cooking of the agreed venue menu and hospitality catering events to the highest possible standards. Your team will consist of student staff and you will be expected to lead them, ensuring the highest safety standards.

About You

You should be a ‘hands-on’, organised, approachable leader committed to the organization's values, being a safe, friendly environment with the student experience at its core, by training them as your kitchen staff to assist in the kitchen management. This role’s hours would be predominantly Monday – Friday daytime, but an expectation of evening and weekend work is occasionally required to operate around the needs of the business and to appreciate the training needs of our student staff team.

Applicants should have excellent communication skills and have the ability to work with a wide range of people. Candidates must have the ability to work well under pressure, prioritise service and student staff development amongst other projects taking place.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, believing that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work-life balance and family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, campus facilities, and free membership in the Sport and Fitness Centre.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointment processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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