Chef de Partie - Breakfast

Job description

W Edinburgh is hiring a Chef de Partie to expand the breakfast team! We invite you to play an integral part in bringing to life this unique brand in Edinburgh.

Explore an exciting new career path at W Hotels where your natural talent is celebrated. W Hotel’s work culture is uniquely designed to spark your imagination and curiosity while bringing the W experience to life for guests.

ABOUT W HOTELS

Ignite Curiosity, Expand Worlds. W Hotels are a place to experience life. We’re here to open doors and open minds. With us, there’s always more. We dare to deliver a different kind of luxury. One that revels in bold ideas and indulges in the unexpected. We believe luxury is the freedom to be yourself and explore desires: whatever, whenever. 

ABOUT W EDINBURGH KITCHEN

Breakfast is served on the 10th floor of the hotel, offering unrivalled panoramic view across the city and making it one of the most beautiful places in Edinburgh to dine. Our menu is innovative, focusing on highlighting the best produce Scotland has to offer.

Our food offering is varied. Our signature restaurant is a partnership with SUSHISAMBA, which celebrates the culture and cuisine of Japan, Brazil and Peru. The menus are a mix of new and signature dishes with an emphasis on bold flavours, the finest ingredients and artful presentations.

W Lounge is W Edinburgh’s social hub for guests and locals alike. Open from 9am until late, W Lounge showcases the best of Gaelic produce in its food offering, complimented with innovative beverage concepts.

We also offer 24-hour Room Service, and a wide variety of Event menus. This kitchen is always busy!

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will play a key role in the successful running of the breakfast operation, ensuring the best start to our guests' day. We are looking for someone who is passionate about cooking, committed to excellence, and a morning person!

As Breakfast Chef de Partie, key aspects of your role will include:

·  Support management in coaching and training more junior members of the team.
·  Handle food purchase orders and ensure that items arriving without authorization are not received. 
·  Keep up to date with new products, recipes and preparation techniques. 
·  Prepare all potentially hazardous foods at the correct temperature according to the HACCP guidelines.
·  Follow appropriate personal hygiene procedures to ensure food served to guests is safe for consumption, including disinfecting hands prior to handling food and wearing a hat/hairnet and proper footwear.
·  Follow and ensure compliance with food safety and handling policies and procedures, such as product rotation, First In-First Out (FIFO); dating, labelling, cleaning, and organizing coolers/freezers/storage areas; and Cold Chain compliance, across all food-related departments and areas.
·  Ensure the quality of the food items and notify manager if a product does not meet specifications.
·  Monitor the quantity of food that is prepared and the portions that are served in to control food waste and ensure that good food is not thrown away.
·  Communicate any assistance needed during busy periods to the Chef to ensure optimum service to guests.
·  Operate ovens, stoves, grills, microwaves, and fryers to prepare foods.
·  Check and ensure the correctness of the temperature of appliances and food using thermostats and thermometers, including monitoring freezer systems, such as fans, drains, and doors, for proper operation, and report issues or problems to facility management.
·  Report maintenance issues immediately to appropriate personnel (i.e., management or maintenance).
·  Maintain up-to-date knowledge of company Food Safety Programs within assigned area of responsibility, as well as all local, state, and federal regulations.

Our ideal Chef de Partie - Breakfast is someone who has:

·  An eagerness continue learning
·  Creativity
·  Good organization skills
·  Strong communication skills
·  The ability to work well in a team
·  A positive mindset
·  A genuine passion for working in hospitality

In return for your hard work, we give you:

·  World class training and development, including leadership development
·  Unlimited career opportunities (internationally and locally)
·  Wellness and mental health programmes
·  Discounted accommodation, food and beverage in over 9,000 hotels all over the world!
·  Discounts for your friends and family
·  Specially curated discounts in thousands of shops

ABOUT THE PROPERTY

W Edinburgh brings bold architecture and a vibrant lifestyle offering to the Scottish capital. Behind a façade featuring a winding steel ribbon – reflecting the city’s festival spirit – this 12-storey structure is the centrepiece of Nuveen Real Estate’s Edinburgh St James Quarter, incorporating retail, leisure and entertainment facilities along with residential apartments. 

This W hotel aims to help redefine the city’s hospitality landscape. Accordingly, it fuses the brand’s signature amenities with modern design and W Happenings, highlighting what’s new in design, fashion, music and culture.

The new W hotel accommodates guests across 244 stylish guestrooms, including 45 suites.  While staying here, guests benefit from the brand’s signature Whatever / Whenever service philosophy.

A real highlight of this property is its rooftop bar and outdoor terraces, pairing exciting cocktails and cuisine with 360-degree views over the historic city. Among the other noteworthy amenities are the W Lounge, a restaurant collaboration with SUSHISAMBA, a FIT workout facility and an AWAY spa, with special functions hosted in 2,450 sq ft of modern event space.

 If this sounds like the perfect place for you, apply to be a Chef de Partie with us today!

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.

W Hotels’ mission is to Ignite Curiosity, Expand Worlds. We are a place to experience life. We’re here to open doors and open minds. We are constantly inspired by new faces and new experiences. A tuned-in, up-for-anything spirit is at our core and has made us renowned for reinventing the norms of luxury around the globe. Whatever/Whenever is our culture and service philosophy that brings our guests’ passions to life. If you are original, innovative, and always looking towards the future of what’s possible, welcome to W Hotels. In joining W Hotels, you join a portfolio of brands with Marriott International. Be where you can do your best work,​ begin  your purpose,  belong  to an amazing global​ team, and  become  the best version of you.