junior sous chef

inploi; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality brand in Glasgow is seeking a junior sous chef to enhance team engagement and food quality. As a growing leader, you will support and inspire your team, manage shifts efficiently, and ensure the kitchen meets health and safety standards. The position offers biweekly pay, flexible hours, and a range of employee benefits including free meals and discounts. Join us and be a part of this dynamic team.

Benefits

Biweekly pay and share of the tips

Access to 30% of earnings before payday

Flexible hours

Free food on shift

Industry-leading family-friendly policy

Qualifications

• Passionate about supporting your team and maintaining high standards.
• Understanding of kitchen's food and safety standards.
• Ability to manage line and plan shifts effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the kitchen team.
• Ensure food quality and standards are maintained.
• Celebrate team success and recognize individual contributions.

Skills

Teamwork

Food knowledge

Leadership

Job description

Overview

junior sous chef | full time

three whole decades of acting different, we don’t conform, we celebrate difference. appreciating personality over perfection – we call it be you, be wagamama. with over 165 restaurants and growing in the uk + ireland, we are looking for a junior sous chef to join us on our continuous journey to nourish us all from bowl, to soul

The role

as a junior sous chef, you’ll be a growing leader who cares passionately about creating a positive place for our guests + our teams, a true expert in food quality + standards, with exceptional food knowledge, who uses this to lead, engage + inspire the team around you

If you

• are passionate about supporting your team + helping others be the best they can be and maintaining high standards
• are ready to manage the line, planning shifts to make sure we have the right cover + love working with the team, coaching on the go
• have an understanding of your kitchen’s food, health and safety standards, understanding financial performance of a kitchen including gross profit, stock control + labour costs
• love to celebrate success with your team, recognising what drives individuals and their needs

We’d love to hear from you

Wok’s in it for you

• biweekly pay + share of the tips
• access up to 30% of your earnings before pay day with wagestream
• flexible hours to support your side hustle
• free food on shift – yes anything from our menu! plus 50% outside of work to treat your friends + family
• an industry leading family friendly policy (any expectant person or anyone adopting a child will receive 26 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay)
• fresh clean uniform provided by us for each shift
• be the first to experience our brand-new menus
• wagamama parties throughout the year with vip guests
• be known nationwide as a wok star – our national recognition programme

in addition to this, we offer the usual such as, pension scheme, holiday, training, cycle to work scheme, retail + leisure discounts, discounted gym memberships + long service awards

be you be wagamama

wagamama is proudly part of disability confident

100% of tips go to our teams. actual tips by restaurant will vary. tips are left solely at our guests discretion and are not considered as wages by the company