Junior Sous Chef - Old Swan & Minster Mill - Minster Lovell, Witney

Andrew Brownsword Hotels; Witney; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier hotel group in Witney is seeking a Junior Sous Chef to work with the kitchen team, creating exciting dishes and ensuring kitchen cleanliness. You will help manage the kitchen and maintain high standards of food preparation. Ideal candidates will have previous experience in a chef role and be passionate about food. This role offers competitive pay and benefits, alongside a fun, supportive working environment.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Discounts across hotels

Free meals on duty

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunities for internal promotions

Qualifications

• Experience as a chef in a similar environment.
• Ability to create exciting dishes for guests.
• Skilled in maintaining kitchen cleanliness and organization.

Responsibilities

• Turn fresh food into delicious dishes for guests.
• Manage the kitchen in the absence of Head Chef and Sous Chef.
• Ensure safety with allergen training.

Skills

Knife skills

Ability to work with fresh food

Team management

Allergen training

Job description

Junior Sous Chef - Old Swan & Minster Mill - Minster Lovell, Witney

Employer: Andrew Brownsword Hotels

Location: Minster Lovell, Witney

Salary: £35,000 per annum

Closing date: 23 Dec 2025

Sector: Chef jobs, Chef de Partie, Junior Sous Chef, Sous Chef

Job Type: Full Time

Job Details

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!

Come and join our team as a Junior Sous Chef and let your passion and personality shine. Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests.

As a Junior Sous Chef, you will be working with the Head Chef & Sous Chef to run a busy kitchen. You will be creating exciting and delicious dishes to be served to our guests. This role would suit someone who has worked in a similar environment previously.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be working with fresh food, turning it into delicious dishes for our guests.
• As a skilled chef, you’ll get to really put those knife skills to the test, cooking with the finest of ingredients.
• You need to keep up to date with the latest allergen training to keep everyone safe.
• Being one team, everyone in the kitchen is responsible for keeping it clean.
• Labelling your food is important to avoid out of date food.
• As an experienced chef, you’re encouraged to share your knowledge with new, budding KP’s and Commis coming into the industry.
• As a senior member of the kitchen team, you’ll be responsible for managing the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef and Sous Chef.

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

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

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
• Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
• Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family get special rates too.
• We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
• We sustain you physically too, meals when you are on duty are free.
• We encourage our teams to be curious. Everyone can learn and develop – our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
• We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level. Our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach major milestones you receive extra special gifts such as longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.

About our family of hotels

We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.

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

We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900‑year‑old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station.

If you’re the type of person that likes to learn and share the wisdom, get in touch.