Junior Sous Chef - London

Company of Cooks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering firm is seeking a Junior Sous Chef to join their team in London. The ideal candidate will create innovative menus and ensure smooth service while managing a lively café environment. Responsibilities include food production, menu development, and communication with team members. The firm offers competitive salary and benefits like training opportunities, life assurances, pension schemes, and employee support programs.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Access to Healthcare Support App

Eye care

Family friendly support

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience in contract catering or café settings is highly desirable.
• Excellent organization and time-management abilities are necessary.
• In-depth knowledge of food safety and hygiene protocols is required.

Responsibilities

• Invent and create menus based on client and customer needs.
• Produce food timely for smooth service to customers.
• Run the café, handling 50-60 covers per day.
• Communicate menu requirements with relevant parties.

Skills

Food creativity

Time management

Customer service

Flexibility

Food safety knowledge

Job description

Junior Sous Chef

We are *Company of Cooks*, and we believe brilliant food and drink starts with brilliant people.

For over 25 years, we've been part of some of the UK's most loved cultural destinations, from historic palaces and botanical gardens to buzzing galleries and performance spaces, running the caf s, restaurants, bars and events that bring these incredible places to life.

Our values - Craft, Creativity and Community - guide everything we do.

They shape how we work together, how we support our partners, and how we make each guest feel welcome.

If you care about food, people and doing things properly, you'll feel right at home here.

Wherever we are, we do more than serve.

We bring places to life through food, service and creativity and we're looking for a *Junior Sous Chef to join our amazing site in *London*.

Location & Compensation

• Location: WC1H 9JZ
• Salary: 35,000 per annum
• W orking Pattern: 40 hours per week - Monday-Friday, 7am-3pm, you will be required to support in hospitality so additional hours will be available as overtime, some flexibility is required

Key Responsibilities

• To invent and create menus that are in line with client and customer needs
• To produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers
• To enjoy the food you produce and ensure they are 'picture perfect' every time
• You will be responsible for running the cafe and cover between 50-60 covers per day
• To communicate with the relevant parties requirements for planned menus and order necessary ingredient

Ideal Candidate

• Drive the caf to improve the food and increase our covers during our lunch period
• Is flexible and have a good front of house ability to cover during busy lunch period
• Be highly focused on social sustainability
• Have contract Catering or Cafe background is highly desirable
• Very well organised and good time-management skills
• Have in-depth knowledge of food safety, hygiene protocols, and sanitation standards

What's in it for you?

Working with *Company Of Cooks* has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.

Benefits

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers