Junior Sous Chef

The Alchemist; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the hospitality industry is looking for chefs of all levels to join their dynamic team. With a strong emphasis on training and team support, this role offers fantastic development opportunities in a fast-paced kitchen. Benefits include discounts, flexible hours, and access to wellbeing programs, making it a rewarding environment for passionate chefs.

Benefits

Free hot/soft drinks on shift

50% off food when on shift

Uniform provided

Flexible rotas

Guaranteed birthday + recovery day off

Currency of Kindness scheme

Industry renowned training

Transparent Tronc policy

24hr access to employee assistance programme

Wellbeing activities and sessions

Qualifications

• Open to chefs of all levels with cooking abilities.
• Good understanding of food safety is essential.
• Ability to follow specifications is required.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the role in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• Ensure food safety and compliance while following kitchen specs.
• Provide quality meals in a creative and enjoyable manner.

Skills

Cooking abilities

Food safety knowledge

Ability to follow specs

Job description

The Alchemist is a mystical apothecary, dispensing the most creative cocktails and delicious all-day dining with a twist. We build our kitchen teams on the foundations of 'trust, honesty and reliability', and we value teamwork, training, comradery and passion. This is something we look for in our chefs, and something we will give to you in return.

Training and development is at the core of our teams, you will often find our senior chefs have worked their way up the ranks.

We are looking for like minded chefs, with cooking abilities of all levels to join the team in a fast paced kitchen environment. Alongside a good understanding of food safety and compliancy, and the ability to follow specs.

We will provide you with training and development, as well as a strong support network, but we are looking for someone to take ownership of their role, and to take pride and enjoyment whilst doing so. As we firmly believe happy chefs are the best chefs.

Benefits also include;

• Free hot/soft drinks on shift
• 50% off food when on shift or dining with guests in any of our venues
• Uniform
• Flexible rotas
• Guaranteed birthday + recovery day after off
• Currency of Kindness scheme allowing you to be paid to give back to local charities to your venue.
• Industry renowned training with fantastic career progression opportunities.
• Transparent Tronc policy where 100% of gratuities and service charge to go the team.
• 24hr access to employee assistance programme, with counselling, mental health support and financial and legal advice.
• Wellbeing activities, support and sessions through our partnership with So Let's Talk