Senior Sous Chef

The Vineyard Group; Newbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Sous Chef to join their dynamic kitchen team in a luxurious hotel and spa. This role offers the opportunity to lead culinary operations, ensuring high-quality food offerings while managing costs and enhancing guest experiences. You will work closely with a passionate team, embracing creativity and innovation to deliver exceptional service. With a commitment to training and development, this position allows you to grow professionally while enjoying a range of attractive employee benefits. If you are dedicated, service-oriented, and ready to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

29 days holiday

Training and development from day one

Employee events and celebrations

Access to gym and pools

Healthy meals during work

Financial Wellbeing App

£200 referral bonus

50% discount in restaurants

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounted room rates

Qualifications

• Strong team player with initiative and passion for cooking.
• Experience in managing kitchen teams in a high-standard environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing food costs and analyze profit and loss.
• Coach and support kitchen staff to maintain high standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Team Management

Culinary Skills

Cost Control

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Education

Experience as Senior Chef de Partie/Sous Chef

Managerial Experience

Job description

Why Join The Vineyard?

Our hotel is a spectacular 5 red star hotel and spa, renowned for its impeccable service, 3 AA Rosette restaurant, luxury bubble spa and award-winning 30,000 bottle wine cellar. As a premier wine destination, and a foodie one too, we offer a relaxed, informal and contemporary experience with a team that have individual personalities that shine through.

Role Overview:

This is a great time to join our team as a Senior Sous Chef. You will assist in executing the culinary experience and drive our approach in delivering a high-quality food offering. You will be results-driven and work closely with our supply chain partners, in-house centralized services, and on-property kitchen and front-of-house teams to continue developing, researching, and implementing appropriate efficiency and quality changes across all outlets.

As a Senior Sous Chef, you will ensure the smooth running of the kitchen teams you are assigned and assume full accountability in the absence of the Executive Chef, acting in their capacity.

You will embrace every opportunity to create extra special moments for our guests and provide a personal experience our guests will want to share.

Main Responsibilities:

• Assist in the management of all food and sundry costs through rigorous stock control measures.
• Analyse and present monthly profit and loss commentaries with follow-on corrective activity as directed by the Executive Chef.
• Assist with daily/weekly payroll and food cost analysis in accordance with forecasted and materialized revenue levels to ensure optimal performance with overspend corrected within the same trading period and as directed by the Executive Chef.
• Maximise sales and profit while ensuring customer satisfaction at all times.
• Coach, train and support all chefs to provide consistently high standards, while continually looking to improve.
• Be highly visible at key service periods focusing attention to detail on culinary delivery.
• Maintain team focus on ‘the customer’s need’ with service personalization.
• Lead and develop the kitchen team through teamwork, skill, initiative and communication and assume a leadership role in support of the Executive Chef during all periods of service.
• Ensure that a consistently high level of food preparation is provided, whilst also following the company guidelines and recipes.
• Comply with statutory and legal requirements for Hygiene, Health and Safety and other legislation, ensuring that members of the Kitchen Team are also aware of these requirements.

You will be a strong team player but also have the initiative to work on your own. You will have a passion for cooking, excellent attention to detail and be service-oriented. You will display confidence, strong business acumen and the ability to forecast sales and achieve budgets. You will be approachable and dedicated to ensure that the highest standards are achieved. You will have the talent to build, develop and motivate a team to deliver excellent levels of customer care.

We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our Vineyard family. To excel within this role, you will have:

• Experience as a Senior Chef de Partie/Sous Chef, ideally within a 4 or 5 star operation.
• Previous managerial experience within a similar role.

You will work with great people, enjoy your time at work, develop new friendships, networks, and skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes:

• 29 days holiday.
• Training and development from day one.
• Employee events and celebrations.
• In-house company interactive employee communication APP.
• Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools.
• Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working.
• Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme.
• Financial Wellbeing App Wagestream, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date.
• £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team.

Following your first successful 3 months, you’ll also receive:

• Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform “Treat Yourself Here”, unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family.
• Involvement in our employee of the quarter and annual recognition schemes.
• Long service recognition.
• Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two.
• 50% discount in our restaurants.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family.
• Spa treatments and product discounts.
• Critical Illness & Life Assurance cover.

We encourage you to bring your true self to work. We’ll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fulfilling career, reaching your dreams and aspirations. Our family can never be too big, there’s a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We’re an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey.

If you wish to be considered for this superb opportunity, click ‘apply'. We look forward to hearing from you!