Senior Sous Chef

The Wolseley Hospitality Group; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join The Wolseley Hospitality Group as a Senior Sous Chef, where you'll play a vital role in ensuring service excellence in our acclaimed restaurant. You'll lead a diverse kitchen team, inspire creativity in seasonal menu development, and maintain the highest food quality. Enjoy benefits like discounts, incentives, and a focus on personal and professional growth in a vibrant culinary environment.

Benefits

Generous discount across restaurants

Rewarding Excellence incentive

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Access to mental health counselling

Wagestream access for early wage

Unique training calendar

Qualifications

• Experience at a senior management level within a similar busy kitchen.
• Solid financial acumen and effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the kitchen day-to-day operations and ensure quality standards.
• Lead and inspire a diverse team while fostering collaboration and growth.
• Accountable for daily targets, ordering, stock, and cost control.

Skills

Interpersonal abilities

Communication

Financial acumen

Job description

Taking inspiration from the great boulevard cafés of Paris and the artistic heritage of St John’s Wood, Soutine is an informal neighbourhood rendezvous.

At The Wolseley Hospitality Group, we create places where people feel they belong.

Why work with us as a Senior Sous Chef?

• Enjoy a generous discount across our restaurants on food and drinks.
• Rewarding Excellence - a team-led incentive, earning up to £100 in high street vouchers.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave to support working families.
• Group-wide access to mental health counselling, legal and financial advice.
• Advance access to earned wages via Wagestream.
• A unique and varied training calendar including supplier trips, masterclasses, and visits.

Visit our career page for a detailed list of our benefits.

We promote from within, empowering individuals from all backgrounds to become the leaders of tomorrow. Our diverse team reflects the inclusive culture.

The role of Senior Sous Chef is to provide key operational contribution to the management team while ensuring that excellent quality and superb product quality are guaranteed all the time.

Service excellence. Oversee the kitchen day-to-day operations:

• Ensure the highest standards of quality and presentation of our seasonal classic European dishes.
• Cook and contribute towards seasonal menu changes and weekly specials.
• Inspire a culture of hospitality, collaborating with the team of chefs to meet guests’ expectations.

People focus. Lead and inspire a diverse team:

• Foster genuine connections and collaboration across all departments.
• Develop the team to enhance skillset and capabilities.
• Identify, recruit, and train new talent.

Sense of responsibility and ownership:

• Be accountable for daily targets, ordering, stock, and cost control.
• Ensure adherence to all FS and HS legislation.
• Guarantee quality and freshness of the ingredients.

As Senior Sous Chef, you’ll bring:

• Experience at a senior management level within a similar busy kitchen.
• Excellent interpersonal abilities and effective communication aligned with company values. Solid financial acumen.

The Wolseley Hospitality Group portfolio of restaurants comprises:

• The Wolseley on Piccadilly
• The Delaunay in Aldwych
• Brasserie Zédel in Soho
• Colbert in Chelsea
• Fischer's in Marylebone
• Soutine in St John's Wood
• Bellanger in Islington
• Manzi's in Soho
• The Wolseley City in Monument

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