Junior Sous Chef - New Opening

Hickory's Smokehouse; Leicester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Hickory's Smokehouse as a Junior Sous Chef and embark on an exciting hospitality career. Enjoy a generous salary of up to £36,000, excellent training and progression prospects, and a supportive work-life balance. Work with state-of-the-art kitchen facilities and indulge in delicious team meals.

Benefits

Generous salary package including Tip Jar

£250k bespoke kitchens

Excellent training & progression opportunities

Birthday reward meal

Free BBQ on shift

Christmas Day off

Paid occasion days off

Team Player card for discounts

Road trips and enrichment opportunities

Wellbeing support

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in leading a kitchen or culinary team.
• Passion for BBQ and fresh food preparation.
• Ability to motivate and manage a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence.
• Motivate staff during busy periods.
• Ensure high-quality food preparation and delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Culinary Skills

Job description

Start an exciting new chapter in your hospitality career at Hickory's Smokehouse - We arethrilled to have been recently crowned the‘Best Pub Employer’ for 2025 at The Publican Awards!

Join us as a Junior Sous Chef and we can offer you a generous package of up to £36,000 per year including Tip Jar!

We’re looking for a Junior Sous Chef to join our passionate brigade of BBQ enthusiasts, you will be responsible for the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence, motivate the team through those busy periods, and in doing so you will be working towards becoming a Head Chef yourself. You will be working with and leading the team to deliver authentic fresh food and delivering the very best food that our Smokehouse can offer.

As the fastest growing, Southern style Smokehouse group in the UK with an award-winning Hickory’s Training Academy, we can offer you real progression opportunities as we expand. And, we have a company culture that really cares & embraces work-life – balance.

We are really going places – and we want to take you with us.

Thank You’s & Benefits:

• A generous Junior Sous Chef package of up to £36,000 per year including Tip Jar!
• The chance to work in one of our £250k bespoke built kitchens, with authentic smokers imported all the way from USA
• Excellent training & progression opportunities – through our award-winning Hickory’s Training Academy
• Birthday reward meal on us for you & your friends - every year
• Free smokin’ BBQ on shift – team food & drinks menu
• Christmas Day off work - every year
• Moments that matter – Paid occasion days off (Wedding day, kid’s first day at school, moving into first home & more)
• Team Player card – 25% discount for you & 5 friends in all Hickory’s (rising to 50% for loyal service)
• Road trips to the Southern States, Europe & UK and stacks of enrichment opportunities
• Wellbeing support & 24-hour access to our wellness programme, plus a Wellbeing Champion in each restaurant to support you
• Our pledge to a work-life balance – monitoring & managing through our Red Zone
• A chance to ‘give a bit back’ with fundraising activities for Cash For Kids
• Up to £500 for you – through the refer a friend scheme

So, if all of that sounds amazing to you and you want to come and be a Hickory's Smokehouse Junior Sous Chef, then click ‘apply’ now!