Sous Chef

Burlington Hotel; Grantown-on-Spey; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Opportunities for personal development

Discounted hotel stays for staff and friends

Job summary

A leading hospitality provider in Grantown-on-Spey is seeking a Sous Chef to join their team from March 2026. The ideal candidate should have 1-2 years of culinary experience and a passion for delivering exceptional service. Key responsibilities include ensuring high standards in food preparation and supervising the kitchen team. This position offers competitive salaries and opportunities for personal development alongside a thriving team culture.

Qualifications

• Ideally at least 1-2 years in a similar position.
• Ability to ensure compliance with food safety regulations.
• Experience in supervising and training a culinary team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the high standard of food preparation and presentation.
• Supervise, train, and motivate the culinary team.
• Involved in menu planning and budgeting.
• Control quality of food handling and storage.
• Ensure consistency in high standard dish production.

Skills

Strong experience in culinary roles

Ability to deliver great service

Passion for hospitality

Reliability

Willingness to learn

Job description

Are you looking for a wonderful new position to really bring in 2026. We currently have an amazing opportunity to join the team as Sous Chef from March 2026.

Bespoke Benefits… What’s in it for you?

At Bespoke Hotels, our people are our biggest asset. We focus on engagement and individual development, working with natural strengths and supporting education from a commercial perspective. We create pathways so our people know the direction their careers will head.

We believe that great hospitality can only be delivered by a happy, motivated and engaged team; so this is at the heart of our culture and of our ‘Be-Attitude’ values.

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:

Bespoke Hotels was founded in 2000 and has consistently grown to the point where we now manage over 9,500 hotel rooms, 8,000 employees and £815 million of assets.

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.

Covid-19 Promise:

We continue to ensure that all of our premises continue to be a 'Safe place to work, stay and visit'. The health, safety and wellbeing of all of our employees, guests and third-party visitors is, as always, our upmost priority.