Sous Chef

Warner Hotels; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier hotel group is seeking a talented Senior Sous Chef to join the Mountain kitchen team in London. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in live-fire cooking and be deeply committed to ingredient-led principles, ensuring high standards and inspiring junior staff. Responsibilities include assisting the Head Chef, ensuring quality control, and developing the menu. This position is critical to maintaining the restaurant's Michelin-starred reputation, focusing on exceptional, seasonal produce and cooking over fire.

Qualifications

• Highly skilled in live-fire cooking, grilling, and wood-fired ovens.
• Deeply committed to ethical sourcing and quality produce.
• Natural leader and mentor for junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Chef with daily kitchen service management.
• Oversee quality control and manage stock.
• Mentor junior kitchen staff and maintain kitchen standards.

Skills

Live-fire cooking

Ingredient-led cooking

Leadership

Menu execution

Collaboration

Job description

Senior Sous Chef Responsibilities

• Assisting the Head Chef in running daily kitchen service: mise en place, preparation, cooking, plating, timing & consistency across fire-based cooking.
• Overseeing quality control: ensuring produce is used and treated with respect, monitoring freshness, managing stock, liaising with suppliers.
• Mentoring and training junior kitchen staff, developing skills in fire cooking, butchery, wood‑fired ovens, and preserving the ethos of Mountain.
• Helping with menu execution and development, including seasonal dishes, sharing plates, large‑format fish/meat & braised dishes, and maintaining standards across service.
• Upholding kitchen cleanliness, safety, and organisational standards, especially given the demands of open kitchens and wood‑fire cooking.
• Stage for long lunches, dinners and nightly drinks.

Senior Sous Chef Requirements

• We are looking for a passionate, talented Senior Sous Chef to join the Mountain kitchen team. You are highly skilled in live‑fire cooking, grilling, plancha, wood‑fired ovens, comfortable with flame‑driven techniques and producing dishes with smoke, char, depth of flavour.
• Deeply committed to ingredient‑led cooking: valuing seasonal, quality produce, working closely with suppliers and understanding provenance and ethical sourcing.
• A natural leader and mentor: able to support and inspire junior kitchen staff, help maintain high standards in a busy open‑kitchen environment, and ensure consistency, discipline and attention to detail under pressure.
• Experienced in executing a menu of small plates, sharing dishes and large cuts / whole fish / braises confident in cooking for service (lunch & dinner), handling volume but never compromising quality or care.
• Collaborative, creative and aligned with the restaurants ethos, comfortable contributing to menu development, plating, and helping build a strong kitchen culture rooted in respect, craft and sustainability.

Mountain is the latest restaurant from celebrated chef Tomos Parry and the team behind the beloved Brat. Nestled in the heart of Soho and spread across two floors, Mountain brings together Parrys Welsh heritage and his love of Spanish/Basque-inspired cooking, delivered through wood‑fired grills, open‑flame cooking and fire‑driven techniques. Our ethos is simple, but deeply rooted: we prioritise exceptional ingredients, ethical sourcing, and seasonal produce, from fishermen and farmers in Wales, Cornwall and beyond, combined with skillful, elemental cooking over fire. Mountain has quickly established itself as a London hotspot, awarded a Michelin star in 2024, thanks to its bold flavours, quality produce and the distinctive rustic‑elevated cooking style that defines Parrys culinary identity. The atmosphere is buzzy and convivial: the ground floor features a large open kitchen and counter bar where diners can watch dishes being prepared; downstairs, a more intimate bar and prep area set the