Junior Sous Chef - Royal Opera House

Company of Cooks; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative food service company seeks a Junior Sous Chef for their site at the Royal Opera House, London. The role involves supporting the head chef, training kitchen staff, and maintaining food quality. Ideal candidates will have a strong culinary background, leadership skills, and a passion for exceptional food and service. Benefits include personal development opportunities, pension schemes, and healthcare support.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Access to Healthcare Support App

Qualifications

• Experience as a Junior Sous Chef or equivalent role.
• In-depth knowledge of food safety and hygiene regulations.
• Passionate about food and exceptional customer service.

Responsibilities

• Support the head chef in supervising kitchen staff and food quality.
• Train and develop a team of up to 5 members.
• Manage inventory and control stock levels within budget.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time Management

Financial Acumen

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the head chef, leading, and supervising kitchen staff, and ensuring high standards of food quality and hygiene
• Responsible for training and development of up to team of 5 team members
• Foster a positive and efficient working environment, leading by example and motivating the kitchen teams at each site
• Maintaining high food quality standards
• Assist with ordering supplies, managing inventory, and controlling stock levels within budget for all three kitchens
• Help manage budgets and control food costs, ensuring profitability for each area

Requirements

• Be passionate about great-tasting food and exceptional customer service
• Have experience as a Junior Sous Chef equivalent role with a strong culinary background
• Have strong leadership, communication skills, and a passion for food to ensure smooth, efficient service
• Demonstrate brilliant financial acumen
• Very well organised and good time-management skills
• Comes from hi end-restaurant background
• In-depth knowledge of food safety and hygiene regulations
• Have willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekend

Company 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 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 stunning site at Royal Opera House, London.

Benefits

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