Sous Chef

Axiom Hospitality Limited; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hotel discounts

Holiday entitlement

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

Pay access to wages

Annual stayover after 1 year

Job summary

Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club, part of Axiom Hospitality Limited, is seeking a self-motivated Sous Chef to join the Truly Talented kitchen team. You will manage day-to-day kitchen operations and help deliver the highest quality food, reporting to the Head Chef.

The role offers £18.00 per hour, staff discounts, generous holiday allowance, career progression and perks including wellbeing and referral incentives.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality venues with a reputation for great service.
• Ability to develop new dishes and menus with the Head Chef.
• Experience mentoring junior chefs in a brigade.
• Right to work in the UK; document evidence required before starting employment.
• Maintaining high standards of cleanliness, food hygiene and health & safety.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Chef to develop new dishes and menus.
• Assist the Head Chef in food purchases while controlling costs.
• Prepare, cook and present dishes within your speciality.
• Support, mentor and train junior chefs in the brigade.
• Ensure your team maintains high standards of cleanliness, food hygiene and health & safety.

Skills

Hospitality passion

Team leadership

Stock control

Attention to detail

Work under pressure

Communication skills

Flair and creativity

Job description

Dalmahoy is located 7 miles from Edinburgh's city centre, surrounded by beautiful Scottish countryside, just off the A71 lies the four-star Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club. With spectacular views to Edinburgh Castle and the Forth Bridges, it is a celebration of Scottish heritage dating back to the 13th century. With 18 operating departments and up to 250 employees, Dalmahoy offers unrivalled opportunities to progress your career across many different roles and disciplines.

We are looking for self-motivated, proactive and passionate Sous Chef to join our Truly Talented kitchen team!

As Sous Chef, you will be primarily responsible for managing the day-to-day kitchen operation ensuring that food is produced and served to the highest quality.

Alongside your culinary duties, you will be responsible for supporting the wider kitchen team with daily operational tasks and people management tasks. Reporting directly to the Head Chef, you will oversee the presentation of all food leaving the kitchen in their absence and uphold expectations, reputation and standards.

What we offer

• £18.00 per hour
• Hotel discounts across all Axiom Hospitality hotels – colleague rates and up to 50% discount on F&B;
• 28 days holiday, including bank holidays, increasing yearly to 33 days;
• Discounts across retail, restaurants, events and more through our benefits & rewards portal;
• Access to our Employee Assistance Line to support your Mental Health and Wellbeing;
• Use of Stream Financial Wellbeing platform, allowing instant access to your pay;
• Yearly complimentary Axiom Xcape stayover after one year of service;
• A growing team with great training, progression, and promotion opportunities;
• Rewards for referring a friend: referral bonus for recommending a new team member starts at £500 per successful hire;
• Length of service awards, ranging from 1 year to 3, 5, 10 and 20-year rewards and more!

We want to hear from inspired chefs who love creating amazing food from the best ingredients, have a keen eye for detail and high standards but with bags of flair and creativity. The ideal person for this role will be enthusiastic about change, focused on details and trusting.

Responsibilities of the role will include but are not limited to:

• Assist the Head Chef to develop new dishes and menus.
• Assist the Head Chef in food purchases while controlling costs
• Prepare, cook and present dishes within your speciality.
• Support, mentor and train any talented junior chefs in the brigade
• Ensure you and your team have the highest standards of cleanliness, food hygiene and health and safety.

You’ll work in a busy and hardworking team environment, where you’ll continually learn and develop.

The core skills and experience required to succeed

• Truly passionate about the Hospitality Industry
• Previous experience in working in highly acclaimed venues which have a reputation for great service
• Commercial business acumen
• Previous knowledge and experience in stock takes, ordering, and team management
• Ability to work under pressure to deadlines and targets
• Understanding of the hospitality and travel industry
• Ability to function independently with a minimum of supervision
• Excellent communication skills, the ability to communicate verbally and in writing
• To be an enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach and have experience in empowering a team to successfully meet expectations
• Results focussed with an overwhelming desire to succeed
• Previous experience in hotels is preferred

You must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from all candidates prior to commencing employment.

Having these core skills will put you one step further to joining Axiom Hospitality and Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club.

Opportunities for all

At Axiom Hospitality, we thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a fast-growing hospitality company with global aspirations. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We, therefore, encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

At Axiom Hospitality, we are making efforts to reduce our carbon, energy, water and waste footprint. We strive to be ethical in all we do and want to be a thriving, sustainable and responsible business for our people, our communities and our planet. Working closely with our Hotel Owners, we are committed to the journey to sustainability. In addition, we are working to reduce our hotels’ impact on the environment through internationally recognised eco-label certification.

Our hotels strive to be active members of their local communities by giving back where they can. Supporting local charities is important to our teams, from volunteering at soup kitchens to collecting donations and fundraising. Our hotels aim to leave a positive impact on their neighbourhoods. At Axiom Hospitality, we are working closely with our stakeholders to support our social impact commitment. Caring about people extends outside our business and is part of our DNA.