Junior Sous Chef

Village Hotels - Bournemouth; Poole; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Complimentary leisure club membership

Employee discounts on stays

50% discount on food and drink

Training platform

Well-being benefits

Flexible working hours

Team events and recognition schemes

Job summary

Village Hotels - Bournemouth is seeking a hands-on Assistant Kitchen Manager / Sous Chef to support the Kitchen Manager in a busy hotel kitchen, delivering a brand-led menu and maintaining high food standards. You will guide the team and stay calm under pressure while helping manage food and payroll costs.

Our menus include burgers, wings, and health bowls, with changes throughout the year to keep dishes fresh.

Qualifications

• Experience as Assistant Kitchen Manager or Sous Chef in a busy kitchen.
• Proven ability to deliver a brand-led menu while maintaining high food standards.
• Ability to manage food and payroll costs and guide a team under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Assist Kitchen Manager in day-to-day kitchen operations.
• Lead and develop the kitchen team to deliver quality dishes.
• Ensure brand standards and cost controls are maintained.

Skills

Hands on

Team leadership

Menu execution

Cost control

Calm under pressure

Job description

As an Assistant kitchen manager / Sous chef for Village Hotels we are looking for hands on passionate individuals to assist the Kitchen Manager in the day to day running of our busy kitchen operation, who has a proven track record in delivering a brand lead menu, have high food standards and being able to manage food and payroll cost. Our ideal candidate should also have a friendly, positive attitude towards work and be someone that can guide the team and stay calm under pressure.

Our P&G menus offer a wide range of our famous stacked burgers, sticky wings to our health & wellness bowls, we change our menus throughout the year so keeping them fresh and exciting so never a dull moment, with a busy hotel kitchen operation the volume of prep needed will be a challenge for the successful candidate.

Work, Grow, Play! Here at Village Hotel Club we are all about embracing personality, individualism and fun. Forget stuffy hotels built around formality, pomp and ceremony. We create lively, modern spaces for our guests to work, eat, relax, play and exercise. With hotels from Aberdeen to Bournemouth and more opening soon, we rely on you to deliver service that puts us head and shoulders above the competition.

Join us and we can offer you benefits* such as…

• Complimentary full leisure club membership for you and a family member or friend worth £1500 annually.

• Employee Discount on overnight stays at Village Hotels starting from £35 based on 2 sharing

• 50% discount on Food and Drink purchased on or off shift at any Village Hotel

• Exciting training platform with gamified learning

• Discounts and cashback offers on many High Street Brands

• A range of Well-being and Healthcare benefits

• Financial wellbeing support via Salary Finance

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Flexible working hours

• A fun, supportive and inclusive work environment with loads of Development opportunities

• Regular team events with our BIG People days monthly

• Excellent Reward and Recognition Incentive schemes

• Monthly well-being programme for all employees to support your mental health

• Anniversary rewards for key milestones of service

• Holiday Purchase scheme

• Birthday day off

• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

*T&C’s apply based on your contract

Come and be part of something new & something special - Work, Grow & Play the Village Way!