Sous Chef

Smiths of Smithfield; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent London restaurant is seeking a Pastry Sous Chef to join their dynamic team. You will lead the kitchen staff, create innovative menus, and ensure exceptional food quality. The ideal candidate has experience as a Sous Chef or Senior CDP and a passion for developing a strong kitchen team. The role offers opportunities for career development and culinary creativity, alongside employee benefits including discounts and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Free meals

20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels

Share save Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Access to culinary masterclasses

Qualifications

• Experience as a Sous Chef or Senior CDP.
• Natural leader with a passion for fresh food.
• Effective health and safety management.

Responsibilities

• Champion excellent service through quality food.
• Lead and develop a kitchen team.
• Manage kitchen staff rota and training.
• Create new dishes for menus and specials.
• Maintain effective controls regarding GP and labour.

Skills

Leadership

Excellent service

Team development

Creativity

Communication skills

Planning and organisational skills

Pro-active approach to sales

Job description

Overview

Pastry Sous Chef

About us:

Located in the heart of the City of London, just minutes from Farringdon, Barbican and Blackfriars stations and a short walk from Chancery Lane, SMITHS is the ideal place for guests to meet for any occasion. Set across four stunning floors SMITHS is home to a bright, open-plan bar, private dining and meeting rooms, a large grill-style restaurant and an epic rooftop bar and terrace - with each floor offering its own unique and wonderful drinking and dining experience. With so much space to explore, it\'s never a dull day with us.

What we offer our Pastry Sous Chefs

• Access to our Sous Chef - Head Chef development Programme: the majority of our head chefs are internal appointments
• Autonomy to create your own menus and specials, alongside your Head Pastry Chef
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme - Gain a nationally recognised qualification
• Access to regular culinary masterclasses and training days to boost your skills
• Free meals
• 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
• Share save Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• 28 Days Holiday per year

Responsibilities / What we look for in a Sous Chef

We are looking for an existing Sous Chef or Senior CDP looking for their next step, who considers themselves as a natural leader with a passion and flare for producing quality fresh food in an environment that makes people feel welcome. As the successful Pastry Sous Chef you will:

• Have experience championing excellent service through quality food
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing a team
• Be an active hands-on Chef with excellent communication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
• Working alongside your Head Chef, you will be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability by helping to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
• Demonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labour
• Have a pro-active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams

How to apply / closing

Thanks for your interest in working with Young's. If you would like to be part of our team, apply now!