Sous Chef

Crafted; England; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Crafted is seeking a hands-on Sous Chef to lead our kitchen team in delivering a seasonal, ingredient-led menu that reflects Crafted ethos. You’ll run a tight ship daily, balance consistency with creativity, and nurture a positive kitchen culture.

You’ll collaborate with the Executive Chef and Head of Food and Beverage to ensure smooth coordination between kitchen and front of house, and mentor junior chefs while upholding high cleanliness and food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a kitchen team in a boutique hotel, restaurant, or lifestyle hospitality setting.
• Track record delivering quality and consistency under pressure.
• Strong leadership to motivate and develop others.
• Collaborative, low-ego approach with FOH, suppliers and leadership.
• Solid knowledge of kitchen operations, food safety, cost management and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the kitchen team in delivering a seasonal, produce-driven menu aligned with Crafted ethos.
• Manage daily kitchen operations: prep, service, rota planning, ordering, stock control, health and safety compliance.
• Coordinate with the Executive Chef and Head of Food & Beverage to ensure smooth kitchen-front of house coordination.
• Champion sustainability and local sourcing and build strong supplier relationships.
• Develop and train junior chefs, fostering mutual respect, professionalism and growth.
• Uphold high standards of cleanliness, organization and attention to detail across all service periods.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Menu development

Team mentorship

Food safety

Cost control

Sustainability

Job description

We’re not hiring people to fill a seat or add to ourheadcount. We’re hiring people to craft our culture, ethos and success. This isa big deal for us, and we know it’s a big deal for you: a new role defines howyou spend your days, who you spend them with, and what your future lookslike.

Together, we’ll shape each other’s entire trajectory.That deserves thoughtfulness, empathy and respect. It’s why this jobdescription is deliberately detailed. We want you to know exactly what you’restepping into. The challenges, the opportunities, the quirks of the role, andthe kind of impact you’ll have.

Us

Crafted is a series of life-friendly hotels and spaceswhere guests can be themselves and fill up on the good stuff: nature, food,wellbeing, craft, people and play. We hope to open several hotels in the comingyears, with our first coming in summer 2025: Crafted at Powdermills, EastSussex.

More specifics will follow as planning and pieces fallinto place. So, for now, here’s the sentiment behind Crafted…

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by life. To switch toautopilot and go through the motions. We’re busy but not on the things we lovedoing, we spend more time on our phone, and we misplace our bounce andspark.

We all need a tune up now and again. To escape tosomewhere that makes us feel totally at ease. Not so we can step away fromlife, but so we can come back to it. This is where Crafted comes in.

Our aim is to create a network of connected destinationsthat people come back to again and again because it’s where they feel goodabout life. Somewhere to work on life, come together, and connect locally.

You

Crafted’s culture will be inclusive and agile but withambitious goals and a start-up mentality. We need to execute brilliantly fromday one and every team member will contribute wherever they are able.

As Sous chef, you’lllead the kitchen team in delivering a bold, ingredient-led menu that reflectsour values — thoughtful sourcing, generous hospitality, and a real sense ofplace. You’ll be responsible for shaping a food offering that balancesconsistency with creativity, running a tight ship day-to-day while nurturing apositive, ambitious kitchen culture. This is a hands-on role for a chef wholeads from the front, works clean and calm, and wants to be part of buildingsomething special from the ground up.

That said, as, your primary responsibilities will be to:

• Leadand inspire the kitchen team in delivering a seasonal, produce-driven menualigned with Crafted ethos
• Managedaily kitchen operations, including prep, service, rota planning, orderingstockcontrol and health and safety compliance.
• Workclosely with the Executive Chef and Head of Food and Beverage to ensure smoothcoordination between kitchen and front of house.
• Champion sustainability and local sourcingwherever possible, building strong supplier relationships.
• Develop and train junior chefs, setting atone of mutual respect, professionalism, and growth.
• Uphold high standards of cleanliness,organisation and attention to detail throughout all service periods.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Proven experience leading akitchen team, ideally in a boutique hotel, restaurant, orlifestyle-focused hospitality setting.
• A track record of delivering quality,consistency, and creative input under pressure.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability tomotivate, mentor and develop others.
• A collaborative, low-ego approach to workingwith front of house, suppliers and leadership.
• Solid knowledge of kitchen operations, foodsafety, cost management and sustainability best practice.
• Agenuine love of food, hospitality, and creating memorable guest experiences

Together

We hire people with personality who have a desire tocontinuously learn. Each person should bring themselves to work to shape ourculture and keep us real, interesting, and original.

To create a comfortable environment for all, guest andstaff, we prioritise teamwork over titles: no one’s too important to lend ahand, or to new to have a good opinion. We need low egos but high expectations:people who are humble enough to jump in, and serious about making an impact.

Three values we’ll expect you to live by:

• Enjoyit: it’s still work, but if you’re having fun then so are our guests. It’sok if you’re humming behind the bar or moving with the music.
• Ownit: whoever you are, and whatever your role, someone’s enjoyment is inyour hands. Always keep an eye out.
• Improveit: ask for feedback (and don’t be scared of what follows) and be curious.We’ll give you plenty of chances to learn and develop.

Note: positive Environmental, Social andGovernance (ESG) principles are integrated across these three values.

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