Chef de Partie

Based in the heart of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College is looking to appoint a full time, permanent Chef de Partie to join our busy, friendly Catering team, providing a first class service for our college community. The successful candidate will assist the Head Chef and Head of Catering Services in providing high quality meals to our community and conferencing customers, in compliance with Food and Safety Regulations and College polices.

This role is varied, offering a broad range of cooking opportunities from every day College meals for students and conference guests through to fine dining for more formal events. Full training is available to support the successful candidate's professional development.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have breadth of experience, skills and achievements gained from working within a hotel, restaurant or contract catering environment.
• Have the ability to work as a team member cooking and presenting the required quantity of high quality and nutritious food according to menu and recipe specifications.
• Be able to prepare a wide variety of delicious and well presented meals.
• Be successful in assisting with stock rotation of all foodstuffs. To label, date and properly store all foodstuffs in appropriate storage areas.
• Carry out duties in adherence to the College Food Hygiene Policy, and current Food Hygiene and Health and Safety legislation. 

Key role responsibilities include:

• Working as a team member cooking and presenting the required quantity of high quality and nutritious food according to menu and recipe specifications.
• Being able to prepare a wide variety of foods as requested by the senior chefs and to always check preparation methods, and flavour before serving any food.
• To assist with the service of food at special banquets when required.
• To assist with stock rotation of all foodstuffs including refrigerators and freezers. To label, date and properly store all foodstuffs in appropriate storage areas.
• To bring to the attention of the senior chefs any stock shortages or shortfalls as soon as they are apparent.
• To carry out duties in adherence to the College Food Hygiene Policy, and current Food Hygiene and Health & Safety legislation.

Working arrangements and salary

This is a permanent appointment (subject to a 3-month probation period). 

Competitive salary range of FTE £31,000 – 34,000 FTE, depending on skills and experience.

The full time hours are 40 hours per week, to be worked on a shift basis, including evenings and weekends.

Please visit the 'Join our Team' page on the St Catharine’s College website for details on our staff benefits.

Application process

Please submit a completed application form and email it along with a covering letter, outlining your suitability for the position, a copy of your CV and the Equality and Diversity monitoring form to: recruitment@caths.cam.ac.uk

If you have any questions regarding this opportunity, please email the above email address. 

The closing date for applications is 10am on Wednesday 15 July 2026.

Interviews are expected to take place week beginning 20 July 2026.

Please note: Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are only able to contact candidates selected for an interview. 

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