Senior Sous Chef

The Shepherd Mayfair; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hotel discounts

28 days holiday

Financial wellbeing platform

Referral bonus

Length of service awards

Job summary

The Shepherd Mayfair is looking for a Senior Sous Chef to manage Kitchen operations, support dish creation, and ensure high food quality. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in quality restaurants, with hotel experience being advantageous.

Responsibilities include mentoring the Kitchen team and ensuring compliance with food hygiene standards. A supportive workplace culture is emphasized, and diverse applicants are encouraged.

Salary for this role is set at £50,000 per annum with excellent benefits like hotel discounts and a health support line.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality restaurants is imperative.
• Previous hotel experience is a plus but not necessary.
• Must have rights to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Deputise in the Executive Chef’s absence during leadership meetings.
• Create on-brand dishes that reflect the market and are profitable.
• Mentor and teach the Kitchen team to foster future leaders.
• Ensure accountable and positive Kitchen culture.
• Manage Kitchen compliance and cleanliness.
• Lead food hygiene and safety culture within the Kitchen.

Skills

Team management

Quality control

Food hygiene

Wage control

Menu creation

Job description

Senior Sous Chef
Salary: £50,000 per annum

What we offer

• Hotel discounts across all Axiom Hospitality hotels ‑ colleague rates and up to 50% discount on F&B
• 28 days holiday, including bank holidays, increasing yearly to 33 days
• Discounts across retail, restaurants, events and more through our benefits & rewards portal
• Access to our Employee Assistance Line to support your Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Use of Wagestream Financial Wellbeing platform, allowing instant access to your pay
• Yearly complimentary Axiom Xcape stayover after one year of service
• A growing team with great training, progression, and promotion opportunities
• Rewards for referring a friend: referral bonus for recommending a new team member starts at 250 per successful hire
• Length of service awards, ranging from 1 year to 20-year rewards and more

As Senior Sous Chef, you will assist the Executive Chef in the leadership of the Kitchen from dish and menu creation, wage control, food cost, team management, compliance and cleanliness to ensuring consistency and quality of food throughout The Shepherd Mayfair.

Whilst it will be ideal that the Senior Sous Chef has previous Hotel experience it is not a necessity however having worked in quality restaurants is imperative as will having some London experience.

Responsibilities

• Deputising in the Executive Chef’s absence which will include stepping in for him or her in leadership meetings etc as well as meeting deadlines.
• Creating dishes for the various outlets that are on-brand, reflect the market of The Shepherd Mayfair and are profitable.
• Being relentless in the detail – quality of the product placed on the plate, wage control, wastage and food cost.
• Supporting, mentoring and teaching the Kitchen team so they develop and become future leaders.
• Ensuring that the Kitchen culture is accountable, attentive and positive and that success is celebrated but poor performance is ‘nipped in the bud’ immediately with grace and authenticity.
• Supporting the Executive Chef in managing Kitchen compliance and cleanliness.
• Being always 100%, by leading and ensuring there is a culture within the Kitchen of Food Hygiene and Safety.

You must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from all candidates prior to commencing employment.

Having these core skills will put you one step further to joining Axiom Hospitality and The Shepherd Mayfair.

Opportunities for all

At Axiom Hospitality, we thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a fast-growing hospitality company with global aspirations. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We, therefore, encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.