Pastry Junior Sous Chef

The Ned; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious hotel and restaurant group in Greater London seeks a Junior Sous Chef for a maternity cover position. The role involves leading daily operations in the pastry kitchen, ensuring high food quality, and supporting team management tasks. Ideal candidates have solid kitchen experience and high standards. The position offers competitive pay of £18.65/hour, complimentary meals, and various health and wellbeing benefits. Join a team committed to excellence in hospitality.

Benefits

Complimentary meals

Learning and development programmes

Employee assistance programme

Paid volunteer day

Birthday off after a year

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering outstanding food.
• Experience supervising or managing a team is beneficial.
• Impeccable record keeping is necessary.
• Desire to learn and progress is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily kitchen operation and produce food to exceptional standards.
• Support people leadership tasks including recruitment and training.
• Monitor food quality and presentation.
• Maintain a safe and clean kitchen environment.
• Keep records for food safety and audit standards.

Skills

Previous kitchen experience

High standards

Organised manner

Creative flair

Calm under pressure

Job description

The pastry kitchen at The Ned produce delicious desserts and pastries to be served anywhere in our hotel, members spaces, or any of our 10 restaurants. Whether that's a cake for a wedding on our events floor, croissants and pain au chocolate for a breakfast meeting, afternoon tea to be served in Millie's, or a whole host of desserts for our famous Sunday Feast, the pastry kitchen do it all.

The Ned boasts 10 restaurants each serving a unique style of cuisine from around the world, and as a Demi Chef de Partie you will run service, producing gorgeous desserts to order, perfect to finish off their meal.

Do you want to join one of the best places to work in hospitality?

What’s the role?

Pastry Junior Sous Chef (Maternity cover)

Where will you be working?

The Ned and Ned’s Club are a global collection of hotels, clubs, spas, and restaurants for like-minded individuals to meet, work and have a good time.

The Ned launched in 2017 in the heart of the City, in the former Midland Bank headquarters. The Ned City of London houses Ned’s Club - a private members’ space, gym and rooftop - alongside a public spa, a full floor of events spaces, ten restaurants and bars and 250 hotel bedrooms.

At The Ned, we have restaurants in almost every cuisine, from pan-Asian to American diner, and Italian to fine dining.

As a junior member of the kitchen leadership team, reporting into the kitchen managers you will:

• Be working alongside the sous and head chef to lead the daily operation, overseeing the production of our food, compiling the daily mise-en-place, and ensuring that all food is cooked and presented to our exceptional Ned standards
• Support some people leadership tasks - including team recruitment, development and performance chats, onboarding new starters - this is a great role for an aspiring kitchen manager who wants to build their people management skillset
• Be a guardian of food quality and presentation, monitoring all food leaving your kitchen and providing coaching and feedback to the team where needed
• Create and monitor a safe and clean kitchen environment, protecting our guests and team from any possible harm
• Protect our excellent food safety ratings and audit standards by always keeping a close eye on procedures and practices, keeping impeccable records, and implementing action plans where necessary

What can The Ned give you?

• Salary of £18.65/hour (including service charge)
• Complimentary meals in our friendly team restaurant, Neddy’s including monthly payday breakfast
• Exciting learning and development programmes to help progress your career
• Exclusive rates at The Ned for staying and eating for you, your family and friends
• Wellbeing and health benefits, including Reward Gateway and Stream, with access to gym, shopping, and cinema discounts
• Your birthday off after a year of service and more holiday after five years
• Paid volunteer day
• Refer a friend scheme
• Regular social events, including an annual pool party
• Employee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support
• Reward and recognition initiatives

What you can bring to the role:

• Previous kitchen experience with a proven track record of delivering outstanding food is essential
• Previous experience of supervising or managing a team is beneficial, but experienced chefs looking to take their next step may be considered
• Our customers and guests expect the best, so high standards are essential
• An organised and detailed manner is necessary, as impeccable record keeping is needed to maintain records for our safety and audit standards
• Creative flare is always welcome - our menus change seasonally, and you may be offered the opportunity to support with food design and creation
• Our kitchens can be high pressure so a calm demeanour and a genuine passion for providing guests with exceptional food is essential
• Ideally this role is a step on the path to becoming a kitchen manager, so a desire to learn and progress is preferred, but not essential

At The Ned, we don't just celebrate our diversity, we challenge ourselves to do even better. The Ned is committed to being the best place to work, and ensuring that we have a leading diversity, equity and inclusion programme is central to making that vision a reality.

Please let us know of any specific needs you may have during your interview.

All candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Apply today and join us as a Junior Sous Chef.

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