Senior Sous Chef

Vardo Chelsea; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals & drinks

Dining discount

Coffee discount

Bike to work scheme

Mental health support

Financial health education

Leadership development

Birthday & Anniversary voucher

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Caravan seeks an experienced Senior Sous Chef in the United Kingdom to lead and support a busy kitchen, delivering well-travelled, high-quality dishes inspired by New Zealand roots and global flavours. You will partner with the Head Chef to coach your team, uphold standards, and inspire guests with exceptional service.

With a salary of £46,000–£50,000 per year, you’ll enjoy perks like free meals, dining discounts, coffee deals, bike-to-work, and wellbeing support.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a kitchen team at a senior level.
• Ability to manage service, quality and cost control.
• Proven track record of driving staff development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the kitchen team during service.
• Cook with fresh ingredients inspired by global flavours.
• Collaborate with Head Chef to nurture and develop staff.
• Maintain high standards of food safety and consistency.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Food & kitchen leadership

Tools

Harri

Fourth

FnB

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 and friendly vibes. Over the past 10 years, we have built our award-winning restaurants and roastery as well as investing time, money and resources into initiatives that have a positive impact on the world around us. 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 experience cooking fresh ingredients, managing a kitchen and you're up for a new venture. It's an exciting time to join us as we're looking forward to expanding in the coming years.. .

Experience:

Required

Employment:

Full-time

Salary:

£46,000 – £50,000 yearly

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 your birthday and on your work anniversary, you'll receive a Caravan voucher to spend in any of our restaurants.
• Development and career progression, 80% of all our 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 'Caravan of Love' customer experience.
• You will work with your Head Chef to nurture and develop your team leading them from the front in every service..
• You will be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills and you'll take ownership of your role and your kitchen..
• We work with Fourth, FnB and Harri so it would be great if you have experience with these systems, although we can always show you the ropes if you haven't..

Caravan Values

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

Sustainability

• We expect our teams to support environmental stewardship targets and efficiency goals by following departmental environmental policies and monitoring own usage of vital resources such as energy, disposable goods, and food waste, to name a few..

Diversity & Inclusion

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