Junior Sous Chef - Monday - Friday

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

Job summary

A well-known catering company in London is seeking a skilled café manager. Responsibilities include developing menus, ensuring timely food production, and managing daily operations of the café. Candidates should have a strong background in catering and food safety. The position offers a competitive salary and various benefits including personal development opportunities and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Access to Healthcare Support App

Eye care

Wellbeing strategy including Employee Assistance Programme

Family friendly support

Regular social events

Holiday purchase scheme

Volunteering days

Professional subscriptions

Recognition schemes

Long service awards

High street discount vouchers

Qualifications

• Drive the café to improve the food and increase covers during lunch.
• Flexible and have good front of house ability for busy lunch periods.
• Highly focused on social sustainability.
• Contract catering or café background highly desirable.
• Very well organised and good time-management skills.
• In-depth knowledge of food safety, hygiene protocols, and sanitation.

Responsibilities

• Invent and create menus in line with client and customer needs.
• Produce food timely for smooth service to customers.
• Ensure food is 'picture perfect' every time.
• Run the café covering between 50-60 covers per day.
• Communicate requirements for planned menus and order ingredients.

Job description

Overview

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 cafés, 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.

Location

London – WC1H 9JZ

Salary

£35,000 per annum

Working 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.

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 café and covering between 50-60 covers per day.
• To communicate with the relevant parties requirements for planned menus and order necessary ingredient.

Qualifications

• Drive the café to improve the food and increase our covers during lunch period.
• Be 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 Café background highly desirable.
• Very well organised and good time‑management skills.
• Have in‑depth knowledge of food safety, hygiene protocols, and sanitation standards.

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.