Junior Sous Chef

Andrew Brownsword Hotels; West Oxfordshire; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group in West Oxfordshire seeks a Junior Sous Chef to join their dynamic kitchen team. This role entails creating delicious dishes using fresh ingredients, managing food safety, and contributing to a positive working environment. Candidates should have prior kitchen experience and be ready to work flexibly. The position offers competitive pay, service charge, and several perks including discounts and free meals during shifts.

Benefits

Competitive pay

25% off food & beverage at hotels

Discounted staff rates on accommodation

Employee Assistance Programme

Free meals during shifts

Development pathways for career growth

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a kitchen environment is essential.
• Knowledge of allergen training is necessary.
• Ability to work flexible hours and manage tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Head Chef and Sous Chef to run the kitchen.
• Prepare fresh food and ensure quality standards are met.
• Manage kitchen operations in absence of senior chefs.

Skills

Knife skills

Teamwork

Food safety

Cooking with fresh ingredients

Job description

Location: Located just 15 miles from Oxford, Old Swan & Minster Mill is in the picturesque village of Minster Lovell.

Consisting of both a quintessentially country English Inn, and a modern riverside hotel,

SERVICE CHARGE-We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel-every penny received is paid out to the team.

Service charge can be in the region of £150 a month (close to £2000 per year) over and above base pay for a full time employee.

The Old Swan & Minster Mill offers a relaxed, fun yet professional environment to work in. Free parking is available on site, and we do offer discounted staff taxis for those that don't drive!

Send us a Whatsapp message with FAMILYFIRST to [phone] to find out more, chat to us and apply (or apply the normal way, whichever works best for you!)

Come and join our team as a JuniorSous Chef and let your passion and personality shine

Our culture is important to us, andwe encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards eachother and our guests.

As a Junior Sous Chef, you willbe working with the Head Chef & Sous Chef to run a busy kitchen. You willbe creating exciting and delicious dishes to be served to our guests.

This role would suit someone whohas worked in a similar environment previously.

Check out some of the key pointsabout the role:

• You’ll be working with fresh food, turningit into delicious dishes for our guests.
• As a skilled chef, you’ll get to really putthose knife skills to the test, cooking with the finest of ingredients.
• We want to keep everyone safe, so you’llneed to keep up to date with the latest allergen training.
• Being one team, everyone in the kitchen isresponsible for keeping it clean.
• Nobody wants out of date food, so labellingyour food is important.
• As an experienced chef, we encourage you toshare your knowledge with new, budding KP’s and Commis coming into theindustry.
• As a senior member of the kitchen team,you’ll be responsible for managing the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chefand Sous Chef.

Work/life, or as it should be calledlife/work balance is important to us all, so we will always try to be fair withour rotas. We just ask that you can beflexible with us, so we can be flexible with you in return.

As part of our team, we welcomeyour passion, natural warmth and humour to ensure our guests have an amazingexperience every time. We’re seeking friendly, warm and cheerful individualswho are happy to work together as a team and, importantly, want to have fun.

To say thank you, we havemany perks:

• Competitive pay – We are proud thateveryone who joins our group gets a competitive a rate of pay,irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
• Treat yourself once in a while with lotsof retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
• Excellent discounts across our family ofhotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotelsplus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across thegroup & your friends and family get special rates too.
• We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so weoffer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you requireabout anything you might need as part of our Employee AssistanceProgramme.
• We sustain you physically too, meals whenyou are on duty are free.
• To be the best version of yourself, weencourage our teams to be curious. Everyone can learn and develop -our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in thebusiness.
• We provide lots of opportunity toprogress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions,including to General Manager level.
• We like to say a special thank you forevery year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne,afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach thebig milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays,extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.

About our family of hotels

We bring a family of hotelstogether under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm heartsand experiences that are simply memorable.

Each of our hotels are unique,individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything wedo, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feelincluded, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.

We have very unique hotels invery special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station – tosee the whole group, take a look here www.brownswordhotels.co.uk

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