Senior Sous Chef

Contini Restaurants & Events; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a family-run business that values creativity and passion in the kitchen! As a Senior Sous Chef, you'll collaborate with a talented team to craft exceptional dishes using fresh, local ingredients. Enjoy a supportive work environment with flexible hours, generous tips, and numerous employee benefits. This is an exciting opportunity to lead in a vibrant culinary scene while contributing to a sustainable food culture. If you are passionate about cooking and eager to make a difference, this role is perfect for you!

Benefits

Free meals before and during shifts

Generous tips via TRONC

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted meals for family and friends

Training and development opportunities

Length of service benefits

Referral bonuses

Contributory pension scheme

28 days annual leave

Company funded Social Club events

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced kitchen environments with strong leadership skills.
• Ability to develop new menu items and manage kitchen operations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and directing food preparation and menu development.
• Work closely with Head Chefs to ensure quality and consistency.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Creativity

Catering for Events

Food Preparation

Education

Culinary Arts Degree

Food Safety Certification

Tools

Kitchen Equipment

Food Management Software

Job description

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Director at Victor & Carina Contini Restaurants

We are recruiting a confident, passionate and skilledSenior Sous Chefto join our current team at The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant. This position is 44 hours over 5 days a week, working a variety of shift patterns over days, evenings and weekends. The package on offer is up to £40,000, inclusive of tips and the ideal candidate will have previous experience catering for events and restaurant services.

We are looking for someone with creativity and passion and a desire to work with fresh, simple, sustainable and local ingredients.

All our Sous Chefs work closely with our Head Chefs and the wider kitchen team to produce consistently beautiful food, made from scratch, that is tasty and satisfying.

All our kitchens buy directly from artisan suppliers and receive daily deliveries in the growing season from our very own kitchen garden. We have 3 Bee Hives with over 50,000 bees and when nature has been generous we are able to share the honey and the honeycomb with the kitchens

To join our team you must be familiar with all of the daily operations of a fast paced efficient kitchen and have strong leadership and communication skills. You will be assisting in planning and directing food preparation, developing new menu items within our vision and managing, training and supporting the kitchen team ensuring a happy, efficient and knowledgeable working team and environment.

We are a family-run business with three award-winning restaurants in Edinburgh City Centre: Contini on George Street; The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant at the Scottish National Gallery on The Mound; and Cannonball Restaurant & Bar. All our venues offer something different, this allows us to offer working flexibility, our contracts can offer flexible hours, days and shift patterns to meet the needs of a healthy work life balance.

When you join us you'll get:

• Free meals before and during shifts
• Generous tips paid via TRONC (£2-5 extra per hour)
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme with Hospitality Action and a Health and Wellbeing Coach and a Mental Health First Aider
• A wide range of team benefits, including free food and tea/coffee, discounted meals for family and friends and cake/dinner on your birthday/work anniversary.
• Internal and external training and development opportunities, including Contini Academy apprenticeships, scholarships, visits to suppliers and paid training opportunities
• Length of service benefits including an interest free loan towards purchasing your first home, extra days holiday and additional employers pension contribution
• Referral bonuses and Employee of the Month payments
• Contributory pension scheme
• 28 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Company funded Social Club events
• Access to our Employee Forum - a collective voice for employees by employees

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Restaurants

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