Senior Sous Chef

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

Job summary

A leading restaurant in London is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Sous Chef to join their expanding team. You'll play a key role in managing the kitchen, leading a talented team, and creating delicious dishes inspired by diverse global flavors. With a focus on sustainability and inclusion, you will get the chance to grow in a dynamic environment that values your contribution and supports your career development.

Benefits

Free meals & drinks when working

Dining discount for family & friends

Bike to work scheme

Mental health and well-being support

Financial health education and support

Leadership training and development

Birthday & Anniversary Treat

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in cooking fresh ingredients and managing kitchen operations.
• Ability to support and inspire a team.
• Open to learning and developing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen team and support the Head Chef.
• Serve well-travelled food inspired by global flavors.
• Monitor kitchen operations and ensure sustainability practices.

Skills

Kitchen Management

Team Leadership

Passion for Cuisine

Ingredient Freshness

Tools

Fourth

FnB

Harri

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Salary– From £46,000-£50,000 per year PLUS BONUS.

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 asinvesting 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.

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.
• 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.

We live by 4 core values. We expect
ourSenior Sous Chef andall ourteams to live, promote
and role model these values at all times;

• Caravan of Love
• 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.