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Working With Us

See for yourself what it’s like to be a part of The Ferry House family, in a fun, dynamic & aspiring business.

  • Ongoing training & personal development, with genuine progression opportunities
  • Staff discount up to 40% on food, drink & accommodation, plus 4% pension
  • Extended friends & family discount up to 20% on food, drink & accommodation
  • Special rates for staff massages/treatments
  • Meals provided for shifts of 6+ hours
  • Closed for minimum 5 days at Christmas
  • Friendly, family-run business & close knit team
  • Stunning 16th century waterside venue

Chef Positions

YES, CHEF!

Your passion vs "having a life" should not be a compromise you need to make. Join our team and get the work life balance you are looking for, with a four day working week, including one weekend day of a week, and two days off together.

Our food provenance is our passion & we're on the look out for chefs who share in our 'plot to plate, field to fork & grain to glass' ethos. Get your knives into the freshest & most local of produce, with our large kitchen garden, family-farmed beef, locally shot game & the many foragables from the Harty estate & estuary shoreline.

Chefs work with our Gardening Team to cultivate, crop & utilise quality ingredients to make the mouth watering menus for our 2AA Rosette restaurant & events venue.

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WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

4 day working per week, 50 hours (part time positions also available)
1 weekend day off per week, & two days off together
Produce from our own Kitchen Garden, family farm & Harty game estate
1 2AA Rosette dining & two times winner of the 'Taste of Kent' Awards
Ongoing training & personal development, including in kitchen garden
Fantastic, newly-built additional kitchen & butchery facilities
Uniform provided & laundered for you
Staff discount up to 20% on food, drink & accommodation
Meals provided for shifts in excess of 6 hours
4% pension
Closed for minimum 5 days at Christmas
Live in accommodation available - leave urban life behind for beautiful, waterside living

Chef Vacancies

Chef De Partie

Commis Chef

Looking for a different chef position? Drop us your CV to [email protected].

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More Positions

FRONT OF HOUSE

Are you customer-focused, with a warm and friendly personality? Then perhaps joining The Ferry House is the right next step for you! We're looking to expand our fantastic team with some new talent in our Front of House and Weddings/Events Bar teams. Whether you're a night owl and looking for evening work on the bar, or if you love talking to people and a buzzy atmosphere, then perhaps food service is for you.

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Front of House Positions

Bartender/Front of House

WEDDINGS AND EVENTS

If you're enthusiastic, friendly and have a passion for first-class customer care, then this might be the role for you. Our weddings and events coordinators are responsible for making sure that couples who marry with us have all of their needs met on their special day - and more.

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Wedding & Events Positions

GARDEN

Could your green fingers help in our Kitchen Garden? If you have a keen interest in gardening & horticulture and would like to be a part of The Ferry House team, in a fun, dynamic & aspiring business, find out how to apply below!

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Gardening Positions

HOUSEKEEPING

Calling meticulous housekeepers, who take pride in making sure things are ‘just so’! Your valuable contribution keeps us looking our venue-best for guests. If you're motivated and a bit of perfectionist, find out how you can join our friendly housekeeping team.

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Housekeeping Positions

Part Time Role

Back of House

Our Back of House team are just as important as our Front of House team in the day to day running of The Ferry House. Whether that be in our offices, maintenance keeping us in tip top condition or anyone else working quietly behind the scenes, we're all working towards one goal!

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Back of House Positions

Kitchen Porter

Future Vacancies

If you’re looking for a chef's position or your next hospitality job in Kent, get in touch! If we don’t have a suitable position available just now we can let you know about positions coming up soon.

Simply drop your CV and covering letter, along with the department you are interested in to [email protected].