Chefs - Sous Chef

Mise en Place; London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious members club in London is seeking a Senior Sous Chef to create and manage a seasonal menu of modern British and Mediterranean dishes. The role involves hands-on cooking, staff management, and ensuring compliance with food hygiene standards, within a vibrant and changing kitchen atmosphere. Candidates should possess strong culinary skills and be adept at motivating a team in a busy environment.

Qualifications

• Strong repertoire of dishes.
• Experience in quality restaurants.
• Ability to handle dynamic work environments.

Responsibilities

• Assist head chef with stocktaking.
• Maintain a clean, organized kitchen.
• Motivate and train kitchen staff.

Skills

Cooking

Menu writing

Staff management

Food hygiene compliance

Job description

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The members club in the heart of London has a strong customer base whofrequent the club often, so a small but interesting menu using quality and seasonal produce prepared well is expected by them.The club runs a busy kitchen with a small team producing a small menu of seasonal, modern British style food, with some Mediterranean influences also. We are work with an excellent list of suppliers enabling us to use quality ingredients to cook with thus allowing us to write a constantly changing seasonal menu depending on what we can get our hands on.

About You

The senior sous chef will need to be strong and experienced in the following areas: Cooking! This is a very hands on job.

A strong repertoire of dishes and strong quality restaurant background preferredand a sound knowledge of techniques required, along with a skill of writing a balanced, evolving menu. Tolerance and maturity a great attribute to deal with the ever changing demands of a business where no two days are the same.

Assist the head chef withStocktaking

Keeping the staff busy without stressing and overwhelming. Boring but very important, keep a clean kitchen, tidy, organised and complying strictly to food hygiene regulations and record keeping.

Being able to motivate and retain staff, and teach and pass on new skills. Supporting the staff in recruiting new staff when necessary

The hours are mainly Monday to Fridays - however there will be Saturdays also required for events ( so you will be able to have regular (but not every weekend off) alsoclosed on Sundays

Salary & Benefits:

Role Details

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The members club in the heart of London has a strong customer base whofrequent the club often, so a small but interesting menu using quality and seasonal produce prepared well is expected by them.The club runs a busy kitchen with a small team producing a small menu of seasonal, modern British style food, with some Mediterranean influences also. We are work with an excellent list of suppliers enabling us to use quality ingredients to cook with thus allowing us to write a constantly changing seasonal menu depending on what we can get our hands on.

About You

The senior sous chef will need to be strong and experienced in the following areas: Cooking! This is a very hands on job.

A strong repertoire of dishes and strong quality restaurant background preferredand a sound knowledge of techniques required, along with a skill of writing a balanced, evolving menu. Tolerance and maturity a great attribute to deal with the ever changing demands of a business where no two days are the same.

Assist the head chef withStocktaking

Keeping the staff busy without stressing and overwhelming. Boring but very important, keep a clean kitchen, tidy, organised and complying strictly to food hygiene regulations and record keeping.

Being able to motivate and retain staff, and teach and pass on new skills. Supporting the staff in recruiting new staff when necessary

The hours are mainly Monday to Fridays - however there will be Saturdays also required for events ( so you will be able to have regular (but not every weekend off) alsoclosed on Sundays

Salary & Benefits:

£37.400 k for 40 hours plus paid overtime + bonus

You will need to have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this role, along with all the necessary supporting documents.