Junior Sous Chef

Chelsea Fine Food Ltd; Guildford; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% off for friends & family

Team socials

Long service awards

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Early access to pay via WageStream

Free meals & drinks on shifts

Job summary

Megan's Restaurants is seeking a capable Supervisor to join our premium, fast-paced kitchen. You will ensure dishes are prepared accurately to the recipe, look fantastic on the pass, and help train and lead our team to deliver exceptional service.

Ideally, you have prior Senior Chef de Partie or Junior Sous Chef experience in a branded fresh-food kitchen, with a passion for consistency, cleanliness, and staff development. Opportunities exist for progression across sites.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Senior Chef de Partie or Junior Sous Chef in premium fresh-food kitchens.
• Able to lead and train a busy kitchen team to a high standard.
• Strong knowledge of food hygiene and kitchen safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all dishes are prepared to recipe spec and plated beautifully.
• Lead and train the kitchen team to maintain high performance.
• Uphold food hygiene and health & safety standards at all times.

Skills

Team leadership

Food hygiene

Kitchen management

Job description

Ready to dive into a job that’s as delicious as it is rewarding? Picture this: Eastern Mediterranean-inspired dishes made from scratch, stunning Insta-worthy interiors and a career path that’s actually going places. Sounds great, right? But here’s the real cherry on top: ask anyone at Megan’s what they love most and they’ll all say the same thing: the people. We’re a fun-loving, supportive bunch who make every day at work enjoyable, meaningful and just plain awesome.

If you're looking for a place where you can grow, be yourself and work alongside an epic team, then Megan's might just be your perfect match. We’re opening new restaurants in fantastic neighbourhoods across the South, so due to our continued growth and expansion we’re now looking for a Junior Sous Chef for our beautiful site.

What’s in it for you?

Pay

£15.00 per hour plus amazing uncapped tronc*

Benefits

• 50% off when visiting with your friends & family
• Amazing team socials
• Long service awards
• Access to our comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme including a free, confidential helpline/webchat available all day, every day of the year
• Early access to your pay if required through WageStream
• All the good stuff you’d expect like auto-enrolment in our pension scheme and free meals & drinks on shifts

Career progression

• Ongoing professional training & development, with real career progression
• Freedom to get involved with new openings
• Opportunity to move between sites and grow with the group

We’re looking for an experienced and ambitious Supervisor to join us. You'll be ensuring that all our dishes are prepared correctly to the recipe spec, that every dish that reaches the pass looks incredible and helping to train & lead our awesome team. You'll also ensure that the kitchen is a beacon for food hygiene and H&S standards, with a high level of cleanliness at all times. If you want to progress then we can help you pursue a career in kitchen management by developing your skills and knowledge even further. Ideally you’ll have previous experience as a Senior Chef de Partie or Junior Sous Chef in a similar premium branded fresh food kitchen environment, but if you’ve got a different background

About us…

• An independently-owned, dog-friendly collection of over 20 neighbourhood restaurants open for brunch, lunch, dinner & cocktails
• Passionate about serving delicious fresh food inspired by the Mediterranean and made with the highest quality ingredients
• Exciting growth plans, meaning amazing opportunities for your career development
• Regular team parties – work hard, play harder!
• A diverse and inclusive company that makes sure everyone is genuinely welcome
• Focused on supporting local charities and really being a force for good in our communities

Megan’s Restaurants is equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees

*Package includes membership of an independently managed tronc arrangement through which service charge is allocated outside of and in addition to your basic pay from your employment.