Sous Chef

Young's Pubs; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 17,616 - 25,089; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

From £15.50 per hour

Build your own rota

Access to Apprenticeship Scheme

Accruing holidays

20% discount in all Young’s pubs

Share Save Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

Free meals during the shift

Job summary

A London-based pub group is seeking an Agency Sous Chef to join their dynamic team. The role offers flexibility to choose your working hours while being supported by an excellent General Manager. You'll be responsible for managing the kitchen staff, training, and ensuring health and safety standards are met. The ideal candidate will have experience in delivering quality food and demonstrate leadership and creativity in menu design. This position comes with various benefits including a competitive hourly wage and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience championing excellent service through quality food.
• Passion for leading and developing a team.
• Hands-on Chef with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to manage kitchen staff and health/safety effectively.
• Creativity in designing and delivering new dishes.
• Proactive approach to driving sales and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Manage kitchen staff rota and training.
• Design and deliver new dishes for menus and specials.
• Maintain effective controls on GP and labour.

Skills

Knife Skills

Kitchen Safety

Menu Development

Fluent in English

Food Safety

Kitchen Tools

Job description

Agency Sous Chef

About us:

The Ram Agency is Young’s very own internal agency, giving you the power to pick your working hours! You’ll be looked after by our excellent General Manager, Monse, and simply hop online to view shifts and build your rota to suit your lifestyle. We have shifts available daily, across our estate of over 270 pubs. You will be employed by Young's; have all the benefits of being employed with us and all the flexibility that allows you to work when you want to!

What we offer our Sous Chefs:

• From £15.50 per hour
• Build your own rota
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme, Development Programmes and Chef Academy
• Accruing holidays
• 20% discount in all Young’s pubs
• Share Save Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Free meals during the shift

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 a natural leader with a passion and flare for producing quality fresh food in an environment that makes people feel welcome. As the successful 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 always
• 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 regarding both GP and labour
• Have a proactive approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front‑of‑house teams

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

“We believe in developing our people to delight our customers”

Skills

• Knife Skills
• Kitchen Safety
• Menu Development
• Fluent in English
• Food Safety
• Kitchen Tools