Sous Chef

Burlington Hotel; Chester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent hotel group in the UK is seeking a dedicated individual for food preparation and team supervision. The ideal candidate will have 1-2 years of experience in hospitality and a passion for delivering excellent service. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with food safety regulations, supervising team members, and participating in menu planning. This role offers competitive salaries and opportunities for personal development within a diverse and inclusive team environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discounted hotel stays

Ample scope for personal development

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in a similar role.
• Ability to deliver great service to guests.
• Experience with food safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure food preparation and presentation meet high standards.
• Supervise, train, and motivate the team.
• Involve in menu planning and ordering.
• Maintain quality control and compliance with legislation.
• Ensure consistent high standard of dish production.

Skills

Strong experience in a similar position

Passion for hospitality

Reliability

Willingness to learn

Job description

Bespoke Benefits… What’s in it for you?

We are proud to provide equal opportunities for our team members, encouraging inclusive and creative culture, providing long-term careers, supporting community and assisting in environmental matters.

At Bespoke, we ensure meaningful relationships with our colleagues, guests and third-party suppliers, positively celebrating diversity and inclusion within our teams, encouraging collaboration and creativity.

We offer competitive salaries, incentives, ample scope for personal development and discounted hotel stays for you, your family, and friends.

Requirements

The ideal person will have strong experience, ideally at least 1-2 years in a similar position and will have the ability to deliver great service to our guests.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about hospitality, that is reliable and willing to learn as part of this growing team.

Duties will include

1. You are required to ensure that the preparation and presentation of the food is of a high standard, and complies with food safety regulations.
2. supervising, training and motivating the team to achieve the highest standards.
3. Actively involved in menu planning, compilation and ordering in addition to ensuring that departmental budgets are controlled.
4. Ensuring high standards of quality control, handling and storage of commodities to current legislation, governing handling, storage and processing.
5. Actively ensure that dishes are produced to a consistent high standard.

Being Bespoke

We stand today as the UK’s Largest Independent Hotel Group, owning a number of hotels and partnering with an ever-increasing portfolio alongside this. Every agreement we have is Bespoke by name, and bespoke by nature. Our properties range from specialist golfing hotels, to award-winning spa resorts and chic city centre properties.

We pride ourselves on a diverse roster and a unique, individualised management style, with over 90 management agreements across the UK, alongside a further 30 management consultancy services, and 100 hotels with sales & marketing services only.