Junior Sous Chef

The Dog and Gun; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Uniform provided

Staff meals

Pub discounts

Birthday voucher

Rewards program

Wellbeing support

Annual awards bash

Team trips

Promotion pathways

Training programmes

Job summary

Chickpea is reimagining rural hospitality across ten pubs in the Southwest. We’re seeking a Junior Sous Chef who leads by example, supports the Head Chef, and helps create a kitchen where people can thrive and do their best work.

Join a founder‑owned group committed to seasonal, locally sourced food and high standards. Enjoy flexible patterns, paid overtime, staff meals, 50% off food, birthday vouchers, rewards, team trips and clear promotion pathways as you grow with us.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen alongside Head Chef and Sous Chef.
• Help deliver seasonal, locally sourced food made from scratch.
• Maintain high food quality and kitchen standards.
• Train, mentor, and motivate the team.
• Ensure smooth service and contribute ideas to menu development.
• Create a positive, collaborative working environment.

Job description

Sous Chef –
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We're looking for a Junior Sous Chef who leads by example, sets high standards, and supports the Head Chef and Sous Chef in creating a kitchen where people can thrive. Our food ethos is shaped collaboratively by the kitchen teams across the group, so your role is to help deliver it brilliantly, service after service, while contributing to an environment where people can develop and do their best work.

The food is hearty, honest and rooted in the seasons: handmade pies, proper Sunday roasts and British produce sourced from trusted local suppliers. The craft is in the consistency — delivering quality, every day, without compromise.

Our mission –

At Chickpea, we're reimagining rural hospitality.

That means bringing well-loved pubs back to life, serving honest food and decent booze, and creating places where locals, regulars and visitors all feel at home.

We'refounder-owned and seven years in.Today, we run ten pubs across theSouthwest, but the ideahasn'tchanged much since day one. Great pubs are built by great people. We trust our people to make decisions, giving them room to grow, celebrating the good days and backing each other through the chaotic ones too.

The good stuff –

• Flexible working patterns and paid overtime.


• Uniform is providedand laundered.


• Youeat from the menuif you work six hours.


• Enjoy50% off foodat any of our pubs (Monday-Thursday).


• £100 voucher on your Birthdayto spend at any of our places.


• Each month there arerewards and giveaways.


• We marklength of service.


• 24/7 supportavailable for your mental, physical and financial health.


• We host theAnnual Chickpea Awards Bash, to celebrate our teams.


• Team trips and away days.


• Clear promotion pathways.


• Training programmes built around you.

As Junior Sous Chef, you will:

• Support the Head Chef and Sous Chef in leading the kitchen.


• Help deliver seasonal, locally sourced food made from scratch.


• Maintain high food quality and kitchen standards.


• Train, mentor, and motivate the team.


• Ensure smooth service and contribute ideas to menu development.


• Help create a positive, collaborative working environment.