Junior Sous Chef - New Opening - Liverpool

Lounge Café Bars; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Lounge Café Bars as a Junior Sous Chef at our new venue in Liverpool. This exciting opportunity allows you to support experienced chefs in delivering high-quality dishes using fresh ingredients. Enjoy a range of benefits including paid breaks, tips, and opportunities for career progression in a successful restaurant group.

Benefits

Tips shared equally across the team

Paid breaks

Staff food on every shift

50% discount on food

28 days holiday pro rata

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Opportunities for personal development

Qualifications

• Experience as Junior Sous Chef or experienced Chef.
• Ability to work with fresh ingredients and demonstrate good kitchen skills.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and hygiene practices.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head Chef and Sous Chef during service.
• Ensure preparation is done for each day.
• Maintain high kitchen standards and cleanliness.

Skills

Good communication skills

Team player

Self-motivated

Knowledge of allergens

Kitchen skills

Job description

Junior Sous Chef - New Opening - Liverpool

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new opening and become part of one of the most successful restaurant groups in the UK.

You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients.

You'll be supporting the Head Chef and Sous Chef to deliver 14 great shifts, ensuring the prep is done for each day and make each dish to spec.

The Good Stuff

• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Paid breaks
• Staff food on every shift, regardless of hours worked
• 50% discount on food in all of three brands from day one
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our supplier)
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!
• The best staff party - Loungefest
• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast-growing business

What you'll bring:

• You are probably an existing a Junior Sous Chef or an experienced Chef that is looking to take the next step in their career.
• You will ideally have experience of working with fresh ingredients and be able to demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices)
• Good communication skills and a team player.
• Self-motivated to work at pace, with limited supervision
• Strong knowledge of best practice when it comes to all things Allergens, kitchen essentials and Food Safety.

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