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The Master And Fellows Of The College Or Hall Of Saint Catharine The Virgin In The University Of Cambridge

Chef de Partie (Pastry)

St Catharine’s College, Cambridge£31,000 per yearFull-timeClosing 22nd September 2026
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About the role

  03.09.26

Based in the heart of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College is looking to appoint a full time, permanent Pastry 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 Kitchen Manager 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.
  • Need previous pastry experience and must be able to prepare a wide variety of delicious desserts, pastries, and sweet goods.
  • 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.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

  • Food Production

    • To work as a team member cooking and presenting the required quantity of high quality and nutritious food according to menu and recipe specifications.

    • To be 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.

  • Stock Control

    • 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.

  • Food Hygiene and Health and Safety

    • To carry out duties in adherence to the College Food Hygiene Policy, and current Food Hygiene and Health & Safety legislation.

    • To be familiar with Fire Safety and COSHH policies of the College.

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Employment arrangements

  • This is a permanent appointment (subject to a three month probation period).
  • The full time hours are 40 hours per week, to be worked on a shift basis, including evenings and weekends.
  • Competitive salary of £31, 000 – £34,000 per annum FTE depending on skills and experience.
  • Please visit the 'Join our Team'page for further details on our staff benefits.

Application process:

Please submit a completed the College's 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 

The closing date for completed applications is 5pm on Tuesday 22 September 2026

We will be screening applications as they are received so we encourage early applications.