Senior Sous Chef

The Vineyard Group; Newbury, Rushmoor; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hotel and spa renowned for its luxury and exceptional service is seeking a Senior Sous Chef. This role involves managing kitchen operations, driving high-quality food service, and leading a dedicated team while maintaining exceptional standards. Successful candidates will bring their culinary passions and leadership skills to enhance the guest experience.

Benefits

29 days holiday

Training and development from day one

Employee events and celebrations

Use of state-of-the-art gym and pools

Healthy meals during shifts

External Employee Assistance Programme

Financial Wellbeing App Wagestream for early access to pay

Referral bonus

Qualifications

• Experience as Senior Chef de Partie or Sous Chef in 4 or 5-star operation.
• Previous managerial experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing food and sundry costs through stock control.
• Coach and train kitchen staff to maintain high standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Cooking

Team Leadership

Cost Management

Customer Service

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 foodie haven, we offer a relaxed, informal, and contemporary experience with a team that has 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 help drive our approach in delivering high-quality food offerings. You will be results-driven and work closely with the Executive Chef, supply chain partners, in-house centralized services, and on-property kitchen and front-of-house teams to develop, research, and implement efficiency and quality improvements across all outlets.

You will ensure the smooth running of your assigned kitchen teams and assume full accountability in the absence of the Executive Chef, acting in their capacity.

You will seek opportunities to create memorable moments for our guests, providing a personal experience they will want to share.

Main Responsibilities:

• Assist in managing food and sundry costs through stock control measures.
• Analyze and present monthly profit and loss reports with corrective actions as directed by the Executive Chef.
• Assist with payroll and food cost analysis to ensure optimal performance, correcting overspends within the same trading period.
• Maximize sales and profit while ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Coach, train, and support chefs to maintain high standards and continuous improvement.
• Be highly visible during key service periods, focusing on culinary delivery details.
• Maintain focus on customer needs with personalized service.
• Lead and develop the kitchen team through teamwork, skill, initiative, and communication, supporting the Executive Chef during service.
• Ensure high standards of food preparation, following company guidelines and recipes.
• Comply with statutory and legal hygiene, health, safety, and legislation requirements, and ensure team awareness.

You should be a strong team player with initiative, a passion for cooking, excellent attention to detail, and a service-oriented attitude. Confidence, business acumen, and the ability to forecast sales and achieve budgets are essential. You should be approachable, dedicated to high standards, and capable of building, developing, and motivating a team to deliver excellent customer care.

We value diverse experiences and backgrounds. To succeed in this role, you should have:

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

Benefits include:

• 29 days holiday
• Training and development from day one
• Employee events and celebrations
• Access to our interactive employee communication app
• Use of state-of-the-art gym and pools
• Healthy meals during shifts
• External Employee Assistance Programme
• Financial Wellbeing App Wagestream for early access to pay
• £200 referral bonus

Post-probation benefits include discounts, recognition schemes, long service awards, complimentary guest stays, restaurant discounts, cycle scheme, room rates, spa treatments, and life assurance.

We encourage you to bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We provide great training and development opportunities for a fulfilling career. If you're interested, click ‘apply’. We look forward to hearing from you!