Sous Chef

Lounges; Broadstairs; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent hospitality group in Broadstairs is seeking an experienced Sous Chef to lead kitchen operations and manage a dedicated team. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with fresh ingredients and strong leadership skills. Responsibilities include ensuring high food quality and maintaining health and safety standards. This role offers competitive benefits, including overtime pay, staff discounts, and opportunities for personal development. You will play a crucial role in delivering exceptional standards within a busy and dynamic environment.

Benefits

Overtime pay

Staff food on every shift

50% off food and drinks from day one

Paid breaks

28 days holiday pro rata

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Staff party events

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Personal development opportunities

Achievable bonuses

Tips shared across the team

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Qualifications

• Experience as Sous Chef or Junior Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager.
• Demonstrated ability in food preparation (hot and cold) and hygiene practices.
• Proven track record in kitchen management and training.

Responsibilities

• Lead shifts and manage kitchen operations effectively.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety standards.
• Oversee food quality and timely service.

Skills

Experience with fresh ingredients

Excellent kitchen skills

Strong communication skills

Leadership abilities

Knowledge of KPIs

Job description

You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients. As Sous Chef, you'll be the Head Chefs' go-to for support, leading and engaging the kitchen team to deliver 14 great shifts week in, week out.

You'll be leading shifts, making sure the kitchen runs effectively and safely. You're as relentless as us about the detail, so you'll be all over things like stocks, Health & Safety and Hygiene, manning the pass to ensure our food goes out on-spec and on-time, and always upholding 5* kitchen standards. You'll be on it. Like a chef's bonnet

The Good Stuff

• Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!
• Staff food on every shift
• 50% off food and drinks (including alcohol) from day one at all three of our brands - Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside
• Paid breaks
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service
• The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our suppliers)
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast growing business
• Achievable bonuses
• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!

What you'll bring

• You are probably an existing Sous Chef, or perhaps a Junior Sous Chef / Assistant Kitchen Manager that is looking to take the next step in their career.
• You will have experience of working with fresh ingredients and be able to demonstrate good chef / kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices)
• Your work ethic is rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in and leading from the front; playing an active role in delivering excellent kitchen and food standards as part of a high performing team.
• Extremely driven and relentless at deconstructing the can't mentality.
• Familiar with KPIs and making decisions in the absence of the Head Chef considering labour; stock; food safety requirements plus others.
• Epic communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholders and build rapport and trust (that would be with our Ops Chefs and Ops Managers).
• Strong knowledge of best practice around rota scheduling, sales and labour forecasts, reporting, recruitment, HR etc.
• You will have demonstrated successful delivery of training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs and Sous Chefs.

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