Junior Sous Chef

The Lounges; Llandudno; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing company is seeking a Junior Sous Chef in Llandudno, passionate about cooking with fresh ingredients. You'll support head chefs during shifts, ensuring quality prep and dish specifications, while enjoying various employee perks such as paid breaks, staff food, and discounts.

Benefits

Tips shared across the team

Paid breaks

Staff food on shift

50% discount on food

28 days holiday

Competitions and incentives

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Staff party (Loungefest)

Support via Licenced Trade Charity

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with fresh ingredients essential.
• Team player with strong kitchen skills.
• Knowledge of allergens and food safety required.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Head Chef and Sous Chef during shifts.
• Ensuring prep is done and dishes are made to spec.

Skills

Food prep hot and cold

Knife skills

Good hygiene practices

Communication

Job description

You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer, so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer-led, and with high-quality ingredients.

You'll be supporting the Head Chef and Sous Chef to deliver 14 great shifts, ensuring the prep is done for each day and making each dish to spec.

The Good Stuff

• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Paid breaks
• Staff food on every shift, regardless of hours worked
• 50% discount on food in all three brands from day one
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays), pro-rata
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all-expenses-paid trip with one of our suppliers)
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!
• The best staff party - Loungefest
• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast-growing business

What you'll bring:

• You are probably an existing Junior Sous Chef or an experienced Chef looking to take the next step in your career.
• You will ideally have experience working with fresh ingredients and demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices).
• Good communication skills and a team player.
• Self-motivated to work at pace, with limited supervision
• Strong knowledge of best practices regarding allergens, kitchen essentials, and food safety.

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