Junior Sous Chef

Dish Hospitality; Leeds; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Junior Sous Chef in South Leeds, where you'll enjoy a superb work/life balance with a 4-day work week and daytime shifts. This role offers the chance to work in a fresh food-led kitchen, preparing meals for residents in a quality assisted living care home. With alternate weekends off and opportunities for career progression, you'll be part of a supportive team that values your contributions. If you're passionate about quality food and want to make a positive impact on residents' lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

4 Day Work Week

Paid Overtime

Gym Discounts

Menu Autonomy

Career Progression Opportunities

Wellbeing Support

Refer a Friend Scheme

Discounts on Shopping and Holidays

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a chef in a fresh food setting.
• Experience in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• Knowledge of dietary requirements for older people.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals for residents with dietary needs.
• Contribute to menu design and maintain food safety standards.
• Work collaboratively in a team of chefs.

Skills

Fresh Food Preparation

Customer Service

Teamwork

Health & Safety Procedures

Dietary Knowledge

Baking & Cake Making

Job description

JUNIOR SOUS CHEF, SOUTH LEEDS, 4 DAY WEEK, DAY-TIMES, £29,000

ALTERNATE WEEKENDS OFF, SUPERB WORK/LIFE BALANCE

QUALITY ASSISTED LIVING CARE HOME, FRESH FOOD LED KITCHEN

Benefits include:

• 4 day week

• Straight shifts working 40 hours a week

• Day time work

• Paid overtime

• great new kitchen with all the latest equipment

• Alternate weekends off

• Menu autonomy

• Career progression and promotion opportunities.

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts

• 100’s of discounts on big brand shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

• £250 refer a friend scheme

• Wellbeing support

• Savings advice, free life assurance and Salary Advance scheme, plus many, many more company benefits

Our clients are one of the UK's largest providers of first class care and assisted living in the UK, and as such the successful applicant would be joining a company whose ethos is about quality of life for both clients, and their staff, with a wide range of company benefits, a great work life balance, and proven progression opportunities, this would be a great career move for an experienced chef looking for a better work/life balance.

This high quality care home in this leafy suburb in South Leeds caters for up to 70 residents, providing breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinners for early evening meals, all made fresh in house, including all cakes and pastries, so a knowledge of basic bakery is a must.

Working within a 3 person team, with a 2nd Junior sous chef and Head chef, everything is set up here to allow you to succeed, from the very well supplied kitchen and kit, to the fresh food menu's which you will be asked to contribute to designing, to the industry leading support and compliance procedures, everything is in place to allow you to be at your best every day.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Minimum 3 years working as a chef in a fresh food setting

• Be comfortable being customer facing as the role require consultation with patients for dietary needs

• Experience working in a team in a fast paced kitchen environment

• Health & safety procedures including control of substances harmful to health (COSHH) and food safety standards.

• Basic knowledge of dietary requirements for older people and the impact of food types on medication.

• Working with fresh seasonal produce

• Baking & cake making skills

If this sounds like the ideal position for you, then do please apply with up to date CV through the link here, or give Eddy Nuttall a call in the Dish hospitality offices for more information on this, and other positions in the region