Sous Chef

Caravan Restaurants; Greater London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals & drinks when working

Dining discount

Coffee discount

Bike to work

Mental health support

Financial health education

Leadership training

Birthday voucher

Internal promotions

Job summary

Caravan Restaurants in Greater London is seeking a dynamic Sous Chef to lead a passionate kitchen team. The role offers up to £20 per hour depending on experience and a vibrant, inclusive work culture inspired by New Zealand flavors and global travels.

You will support the Head Chef, nurture your team, and help deliver memorable dishes in a fast-paced setting. We provide wellbeing benefits, staff meals, discounts, and development opportunities as part of our Caravan family.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• You’ll be serving up our ‘well-travelled’ food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders’ native New Zealand, as well as their global travels.
• Support the restaurant team with our ‘Caravan of Love’ customer experience
• You will work with your Head Chef to nurture and develop your team leading them from the front in every service.
• You will be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills and you’ll take ownership of your role and your kitchen.
• We work with Fourth, FnB and Harri so it would be great if you have experience with these systems, although we can always show you the ropes if you haven’t.

Job description

Sous Chef

Overall earnings up to £20.00 per hour dependent on experience.

At Caravan, we share a love of mighty fine coffee, hand crafted good food and friendly vibes. Since 2010, we have built our award-winning restaurants and roastery as well asinvesting time, money and resources into initiatives that have a positive impact on the world around us. We believe in pushing boundaries and challenging perceptions, championing people, community, diversity, inclusion and sustainability.

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to invite a fun, talented, prolificSous Chefwho knows how to support & inspire a team, and who's passionate about cuisine and wants to share that passion with their team & guests.We would love to hear from you if you’re up for a new venture and a fresh start. It’s an exciting time to join us as we’re looking forward to expanding in the coming years, with new openings on the horizon.

To say thanks for choosing us, we also offer our Sous Chef and all teams:

• Free meals & drinks when working
• Dining discount when visiting with family & friends.
• Coffee discount
• Bike to work scheme
• Mental health and well-being support
• Financial health education and support
• Leadership training and development
• Birthday & Anniversary Treat - on your birthday and on your work anniversary, you'll receive a Caravan voucher to spend in any of our restaurants
• Development and career progression, 80% of all our management roles are filled internally.

What you'll be doing as a Caravan Sous Chef:

• You’ll be serving up our ‘well-travelled’ food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders’ native New Zealand, as well as their global travels.
• Support the restaurant team with our ‘Caravan of Love’ customer experience
• You will work with your Head Chef to nurture and develop your team leading them from the front in every service.
• You will be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills and you’ll take ownership of your role and your kitchen.
• We work with Fourth, FnB and Harri so it would be great if you have experience with these systems, although we can always show you the ropes if you haven’t.

Caravan Values

We live by 4 core values. We expect ourSous Chef andall ourteams to live, promote and role model these values at all times;

1. Caravan of Love
2. No boundaries
3. Well-travelled
4. All welcome

Sustainability

• We expect our teams to support environmental stewardship targets and efficiency goals by following departmental environmental policies and monitoring own usage of vital resources such as energy, disposable goods, and food waste, to name a few.

Diversity & Inclusion

• All our teams must respect individual differences with regards to identity, national and cultural background, and level of experience in all interactions while at work, including with members of the public.