Pastry Chef

Come and join our Catering team!

37.5 hours per week, 06.00 - 14.00

38 weeks per year, plus 15 cleaning/training days

It is our belief that our staff are our biggest asset. We believe our staff should be respected, well trained & supported.

You will receive an excellent induction and work alongside fully trained catering teams, ensuring our Pupils and Staff are well catered for within a welcoming safe environment. We are a friendly and welcoming team. While working hard we also arrange social events so there is plenty of opportunity to get to know your colleagues in a relaxed environment too.

We use fresh produce with the majority of dishes made from scratch each day. We have herbs and fruit trees on site which are often used in our recipes.

This role is responsible for the creation and preparation of a wide range of seasonal desserts, cakes and other baked goods for all guests of Julyan’s.

As Pastry Chef, you will work closely with both the Head and Sous Chefs to enhancing the pupils' daily meal experience as well as working on a variety of functions throughout the year where the very highest quality of food is required to promote the college.

You will liaise with both the Head and Sous Chefs to ensure a successful working environment – ensuring we remain able to develop the offer as trends and tastes evolve. This is a position of responsibility with an expectation that you can make a difference.

Further information can be found in the Candidate Pack.

We offer a great range of staff benefits, including:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Fee remission for children
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including support for emergency time off for dependants
• Friends and Family referral scheme (£250 for each referral)
• State-of-the-art, restaurant-quality hot and cold food available
• Give as you earn and staff volunteering day
• Death in service scheme – 4 times your annual salary
• Use of wide-ranging school facilities – swimming pool, tennis, walks, trails, etc.
• Excellent social and sporting events for staff within the school

Should you wish to discuss the role in strict confidence, please feel free to contact Iain Hedley, Catering Manager at hedleyi@lordwandsworth.org.

For more information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 22nd November 2024

We welcome people of all faiths and those who are committed to these values. We recognise that we have under-represented groups within our workforce. As part of our commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity, we are actively encouraging applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.

Appointments will be made subject to receipt of satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. The successful applicant will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check and references. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Lord Wandsworth College is a registered charity (Number: 1143359) providing outstanding caring education for boys and girls since 1922.