Senior Sous Chef – Monday – Friday (term-time) – Coventry, England

Holroyd Howe; Coventry; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Coventry seeks an experienced Senior Sous Chef to support their culinary team at an independent school. This role involves daily mentorship of kitchen staff and ensuring high-quality food services. The ideal candidate will have a passion for delivering exceptional dining experiences and will be responsible for adhering to health and safety guidelines. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

28 days holiday

Training and development

Pension and life insurance

Discounts on high street shops

Career development opportunities

Free meals at work

Qualifications

• Experience as Chef de Partie or Commis Chef looking to progress.
• Exemplary behavior in the kitchen.
• Innovative culinary ideas for events and hospitality.

Responsibilities

• Support senior kitchen team in daily operations.
• Train and mentor Commis Chefs and Kitchen Porters.
• Ensure adherence to health and safety regulations.

Skills

Creativity in culinary

Experience in contract catering

Ability to mentor

Job description

Senior Sous Chef – Monday – Friday (term-time) – Coventry, England

Company Description

Title: Senior Sous Chef – Monday – Friday (term-time)

Location: Warwick Rd, Coventry,CV3 6AQ

Salary:£35,000 per annum (45.6 weeks, 40 hours per week)

Benefits:

• 28 days holiday including bank holidays
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Pension and life insurance
• Discounts available on our HAPI app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Wellbeing hub
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Free meals whilst at work
• Career development opportunities
• HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels

Are you an experienced and creativeSous Chef with a passion for delivering exceptional dining experiences and ready to take the next step up in their career? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to play a key role in the culinary team at King Henry VIII, a leading independent school in the heart of Coventry city-centre.

We’re looking for a team player who’s passionate about delivering great food in a creative, dynamic environment. This site operates throughterm-timeonly so we can offer the flexibility you need to thrive.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• To support the senior kitchen team in the day to day running of theoperation.
• Work across all sections of the kitchen and have proficiency in cooking a wide variety of dishes to be served in events and restaurant service.
• Supporting the team, training and mentoring all Commis Chefs and Kitchen Porters, allowing them to grow for the future.
• To ensure that all legislative and Government guidelines are adhered to, including The Food Safety Act, Health and Safety at Work Act, the COSHH regulations, etc. within the areas of responsibility.

Qualifications

• Be driven by people and delivering the highest quality of food.
• Exemplary behaviour in the kitchen, acting as an ambassador within the team.
• Innovative and inspiring culinary ideas for events and hospitality.
• Experience as Chef de Partie or a Commis Chef wanting to progress in Contract-Catering, particularly Education.
• Ability to mentora team and have your finger on the pulse of modern, high-street dining concepts.
• Able to demonstrate an excellentunderstanding of Health and Safety practices.

Additional Information

Holroyd Howe is one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.

To provide our teams with the right skills to succeed in their jobs, we invest in their training and development. Our exceptional teams of seasoned specialists customise our catering services to fit children of all ages and satisfy the unique needs of our clients.

We pride ourselves on:

Sustainability

Sustainability is at the heart of our thinking; always mindful of the ethics of our sourcing and how we prepare our meals.

Nutrition

We take nutrition seriously and understand the impact a healthy diet has on the fundamental years of development. Meals are always freshly prepared from scratch and packed with nutritious ingredients.

Food Innovation

We offer a wide portfolio of training opportunities and experiences, which attracts chefs who are passionate about culinary excellence and menu innovation to our team.

From tasting tables, theme days and food theatre, to chef demonstrations and supplier showcases, we create engaging and fun dining experiences for our students. We work together to make mealtimes exploratory, quirky, and fun for our pupils, helping them build strong and healthy relationships with food.

“Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe are regarded as regulated activity, it is an offence to apply for a role in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children, therefore we will require an Enhanced DBS which includes a Barred List check for all successful applicants. We will also require shortlisted applicants to provide appropriate information regarding any criminal offences and shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search of public available information on suitability to work with children.“

This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.

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