Sous Chef

Crewe Hall Hotel & Spa; Crewe; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health club membership

Hotel discounts across The QHotels

Family & Friends discounts across TheQ

Training & professional qualifications

Learning & development

Employee Assistance Program

Refer a friend scheme

Free parking

Chef whites provided

Job summary

Crewe Hall Hotel & Spa, part of The QHotels Collection, is seeking an experienced Sous Chef or Senior Chef de Partie to lead the kitchen brigade. You will be hands-on, mentor your team and ensure dishes leaving the pass meet exacting standards.

Located near Crewe, this role offers a competitive salary, professional development support, free parking, and staff discounts across the collection. Join a busy hotel environment with conferences, banquets and events.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Sous Chef or Senior Chef de Partie.
• Work in a hotel environment or busy, high-volume operation.
• Conference, banqueting & events catering experience would be ideal.
• Quality & standards driven with a keen eye for detail.
• People management experience.
• Strong knowledge of GP, stock control, costs and wastage.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example in the kitchen, hands-on with your team, providing guidance and mentorship.
• Ensure the quality and delivery of food leaving the pass is to spec, to a very high standard and presentable.

Skills

People management

Kitchen leadership

High-volume hotel kitchen

Food quality assurance

Cost control & GP knowledge

Job description

Are you a strong people manager?

Do you thrive in a busy kitchen, working together alongside your brigade?

The important stuff:

• Free health club membership (T&Cs apply)
• Discounts across The QHotels Collection
• Family & Friends discounts in hotels across The QHotels Collection
• Support with training & professional qualifications, including course fees!
• Various learning & development available
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program – Hospitality Action
• Refer a friend scheme
• FREE parking
• AND……much, much more!
• Chef whites provided

What will I do?

Leading by example, you will be hands on in the kitchen working alongside your team, providing guidance and mentorship. You’ll ensure the quality and delivery of food leaving the kitchen pass is to spec, to a very high standard and presentable.

Is this the role for me?

• Previousexperience as a Sous Chef or Senior Chef de Partie
• Have worked in a hotel environment or in a busy,high volumeoperation
• Conference, banqueting & events catering experience would beideal
• Quality & standards drivenwith a keen eye fordetail
• People management experience
• Strong knowledge of GP, stock control,costsand wastage

Crewe Hall Hotel & Spa is located just outside Crewe and is a 4*, 117-bedroom property. Our hotel has the Brasserie restaurant and terrace bar, and we offer afternoon tea as well as private dining and meetings and event spaces. The leisure facilities include a gym, pool, sauna, steam room, two tennis courts and a relaxing Elemis spa.

The QHotels Collection are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and we are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities for all. We believe everyone should be treated equal so should you require any reasonable adjustments to any stage of the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know so we can make the changes accordingly.

We are thrilled to share that all of our hotels have now been accredited with either a Bronze or Silver Award from Green Tourism!

The QHotels Collection proudly supports the UK Armed Forces and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant achieving the Silver Award.

Compensation: Competitive salary