Senior Sous Chef Monday - Friday

Compass Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in London is seeking a Senior Sous Chef to join their team. The role involves creating menus, managing food production, and ensuring compliance with food safety standards while maintaining quality service. Ideal candidates will have experience in contract catering or café environments, with strong time-management and customer service skills. This position offers a salary of £40,000 - £45,000 per annum and numerous benefits including personal development opportunities.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Healthcare Support App

Eye care

Wellbeing strategy

Holiday purchase scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in contract catering or café background is highly desirable.
• Flexibility and good front of house ability during busy periods.
• In-depth knowledge of food safety, hygiene protocols, and sanitation standards.

Responsibilities

• Invent and create menus that meet client and customer needs.
• Produce food in a timely fashion for smooth service.
• Run the café and manage 50-60 covers per day.

Skills

Menu creation

Time management

Food safety knowledge

Customer service

Job description

Company Overview

We are Company of Cooks, and we believe brilliant food and drink starts with brilliant people. For over 25 years, we've been part of some of the UK's most loved cultural destinations, from historic palaces and botanical gardens to buzzing galleries and performance spaces, running the cafés, restaurants, bars and events that bring these incredible places to life.

Our values - Craft, Creativity and Community - guide everything we do. They shape how we work together, how we support our partners, and how we make each guest feel welcome. If you care about food, people and doing things properly, you'll feel right at home here.

Wherever we are, we do more than serve. We bring places to life through food, service and creativity and we're looking for a Senior Sous Chef to join our amazing site in London.

Location

WC1H 9JZ

Salary

£40,000 - £45,000 per annum

Working Pattern

40 hours per week - Monday-Friday, 7am-3pm, you will be required to support in hospitality so additional hours will be available as overtime, some flexibility is required

Key Responsibilities

• Invent and create menus that are in line with client and customer needs
• Produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers
• Enjoy the food you produce and ensure they are picture perfect every time
• Run the cafe and cover between 50-60 covers per day
• Communicate with the relevant parties requirements for planned menus and order necessary ingredients

Ideal Cafe Sous Chef Candidate

• Drive the café to improve the food and increase our covers during our lunch period
• Is flexible and have a good front of house ability to cover during busy lunch period
• Be highly focused on social sustainability
• Have contract Catering or Cafe background is highly desirable
• Very well organised and good time-management skills
• Have in-depth knowledge of food safety, hygiene protocols, and sanitation standards

Benefits

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers