2nd / Sous Chef - IMMEDIATE START

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food service company is seeking a skilled Sous Chef for a new facility in Leeds. This role involves assisting the Head Chef in managing kitchen operations, ensuring high culinary standards, and fostering team development. Join a dynamic team dedicated to food excellence and workplace hospitality.

Benefits

28 Days holiday including bank holidays

Plus your birthday off

Free meals on shift

Pension and life insurance

Discounts available from HAPI app

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Chef.
• Ability to manage and support a team effectively.
• Strong analytical skills for budget management.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Chef in running a 24/7 kitchen operation.
• Lead and inspire kitchen staff to maintain high standards.
• Achieve key performance indicators related to health and safety.

Skills

Team Management

Culinary Skills

Budget Management

Creativity

Communication

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2nd / Sous Chef - IMMEDIATE START, Leeds

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Client:

BaxterStorey

Location:

Leeds, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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3

Posted:

23.05.2025

Expiry Date:

07.07.2025

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Job Description:

Company Description

We are expanding and are looking for an experienced Sous Chef to work in a new facility feeding Amazon Associates.

This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic foodie company.

The role - 2nd Chef to assist the Head Chef in the overall running of the kitchen in a 24/7 operation

Rate of pay- £ (with paid overtime if required)

Working Pattern - Predominantly Monday to Friday, occasional weekend required for holiday and sick cover

Hours- 40 hours a week

Location: Amazon LBA5, LS9 0DZ

• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your birthday off
• 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave.
• Secondary career leave.
• Wedding/commitment day leave.
• Free meals on shift.
• Pension and life insurance.
• Discounts available from HAPI app, from high street shops to holidays & cinema.
• Access to employee assistance programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Calling all culinary connoisseurs that are OBSESSED about food, we need you! If you have an insatiable appetite for the culinary arts and a burning desire to create food that delights customers and clients, then look no further. At BaxterStorey we offer an exceptional culinary playground where your creativity can flourish, your talents can shine and we wholeheartedly believe in nourishing talent and empowering our chefs to continuously evolve, refine their craft and create a development partnership together to ensure professional growth opportunities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for skilled Chef's to make a name for themselves within the food service industry and be a part of setting the new standard for workplace hospitality.

Job Description

• Lead, Inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards.
• Build positive, credible and collaborative relationships & communication methods with clients and other key stakeholders in the business.
• Continually look to develop your team through mentoring, training, recognition, and empowerment.
• Create a culture of excellence with your team, continually striving to push the boundaries of brilliance through natural caring service, obsessive food standards and innovation.
• Achieve business critical KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Chef
• Have an obsession for food and creating experiences
• You can demonstrate that managing, training, and supporting a team has been an important part of your career to date
• Financially astute, you are very analytical and know how to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance
• Excellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and able to thrive under pressure
• Meticulous organisational abilities and a high attention to detail
• Empathetic, clear and highly effective verbal and written communication
• Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective
• Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills
• Works according to the BaxterStorey core values

Additional Information

For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that’s an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of.

Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team’s careers. ‘Better’ is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.

Join us, and be part of the food revolution!

BaxterStorey Values:

ALWAYS VISIONARY

We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.

WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE

We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is

amplified by our people.

CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE

We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.

FOREVER CONSCIOUS

We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local

communities.

Interested? Even if you don’t meet all requirements, we like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.