Senior Sous Chef

Caravan Restaurants; City Of London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Drinks discount

Family dining discount

Coffee discount

Bike to work

Well-being support

Financial education

Leadership training

Birthday/Anniversary voucher

Internal progression

Job summary

Caravan Restaurants in London is seeking a Senior Sous Chef to lead our kitchen, inspire the team and deliver Caravan's well-travelled menu inspired by New Zealand and global travels.

You will work with the Head Chef to nurture and develop the team on every service, take ownership of your role, and contribute to a growing, dynamic kitchen. Competitive salary (£46,000-£50,000 per year) and attractive perks await.

Qualifications

• Leads and develops kitchen teams for service excellence.
• Delivers Caravan’s well-travelled menu inspired by NZ and global cuisine.
• Ensures guest satisfaction and high standards of food safety and quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen team during service and ensure smooth operation.
• Collaborate with Head Chef to develop staff and menus.
• Deliver the Caravan Of Love customer experience across shifts.
• Be open to learning and continually develop knowledge and skills.

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Kitchen management

Food knowledge

Guest service

Food safety

Tools

Fourth

FnB

Harri

Job description

Senior Sous Chef

Overall Earnings -From £46,000-£50,000 per year.

At Caravan, we share a love of mighty fine coffee, good food andfriendly vibes. Over the past 10 years, we have built our award-winningrestaurants and roastery as well asinvesting time, money and resourcesinto initiatives that have a positive impact on the world aroundus.We believe in pushing boundaries and challenging perceptions,championing people, community, diversity, inclusion and sustainability.

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to invite a fun, talented, prolific Senior Sous Chef who knows how to lead, support & inspire a team, and who's passionate about cuisine and wants to share that passion with their team & guests. We would love to hear from you if you’ve got experiencecooking fresh ingredients, managing a kitchen and you’re up for a newventure.It’s an exciting time to join us as we’re looking forwardto expanding in the coming years.

To say thanks for choosing us, we also offer our Senior Sous Chef and all teams:

• Free meals & drinks when working
• Dining discount when visiting with family& friends.
• Coffee discount
• Bike to work scheme
• Mental health and well-being support
• Financial health education and support
• Leadership training and development
• Birthday & Anniversary Treat - on yourbirthday and on your work anniversary, you'll receive a Caravan voucher tospend in any of our restaurants
• Development and career progression, 80% of allour management roles are filled internally.

What you'll be doing as a Caravan Senior Sous Chef:

• You’ll be serving up our ‘well-travelled’food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders’ native New Zealand,as well as their global travels.
• Support the restaurant team with our ‘Caravanof Love’ customer experience
• You will work with your Head Chef to nurtureand develop your team leading them from the front in every service.
• You will be open to learning in order todevelop your knowledge and skills and you’ll take ownership of your roleand your kitchen.
• We work with Fourth, FnB and Harri so it wouldbe great if you have experience with these systems, although we can alwaysshow you the ropes if you haven’t.

Caravan Values

We live by 4 core values. We expectourSenior Sous Chef andall ourteams to live, promoteand role model these values at all times;

1. Caravan of Love
2. No boundaries
3. Well-travelled
4. All welcome

Sustainability

• We expect our teams to support environmentalstewardship targets and efficiency goals by following departmentalenvironmental policies and monitoring own usage of vital resources such asenergy, disposable goods, and food waste, to name a few.

Diversity & Inclusion

• All our teams must respect individualdifferences with regards to identity, national and cultural background,and level of experience in all interactions while at work, including withmembers of the public.