Sous Chef

Harper's Steakhouse Haslemere; Haslemere; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share in Tronc

Flexible shifts

Meal discounts

Hotel accommodation discount

Development pathway

Lifestyle card discounts

Service awards

Birthday gift

Refer a friend incentive

Job summary

Upham Inns is seeking a capable Sous Chef to lead and develop a team within our Southern England pubs. You will support the Head Chef, work on defined menus, and ensure consistent quality in food preparation and presentation.

The role focuses on rostering, training, stock control, and maintaining high hygiene. A passion for great pub cuisine and teamwork is essential for success in our growing family of pubs.

Qualifications

• Be a strong leader with the ability to train, coach and develop junior chefs.
• At least 1 year experience as a Sous or junior Sous chef.
• Great communication skills.
• Right to Work in the UK.
• Excellent culinary and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• To work and support the Head Chef and management.
• Experience working within company defined menus and recipes.
• Manage staff rosters and allocation of work details.
• Be able to fulfil training and growth of the team.
• Be able to food order, stock control and correct storage of food stocks.
• Demonstrate a genuine desire to provide high quality food and service.
• Maintain high hygiene and presentation standards at all times.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Team training

Job description

What’s in it for you?

• Up to £35.000 per annum plus a share of Tronc (this can be up to £5000 per year)


• Flexible shift patterns


• Up to 33% off meals taken off duty for you and up to 6 guests


• 33% off our hotel accommodation & 20% for Friends and Family


• Development program with a clear pathway to Head Chef


• Access to the lifestyle card – which will provide you with instant access to over 5,000 discounts across all aspects of their lifestyle. With thousands of discounts covering local independents, national and online businesses, there are plenty of opportunities to save money. The lifestyle card is a 100% free benefit for our Upham Inn team members.


• Service Awards


• A Birthday Gift


• Refer a friend and Chef recruitment incentives of up to £1000

Sous chef Requirements:

• Be a strong Leader, with the ability to train, Coach and develop junior chefs


• At least 1 year experience as a Sous/junior Sous chef


• Great communication skills


• Right to Work in the UK


• Excellent culinary and presentation skills

Sous Chef Responsibilities:

• To work and support the Head Chef and management


• Experience working within company defined menus and recipes


• Manage staff rosters and allocation of work details


• Be able to fulfil training and growth of the team


• Be able to food order, stock control and correct storage of food stocks


• A Genuine desire to provide high quality food and service


• Maintain and manage the required high operational and personal standard of hygiene and presentation within the team at all times.


• Comply with all Food safety, fire, Health and safety, licensing and employment laws

What do we do?

We own a collection of beautiful and individual premium pubs across Southern England. Our pubs are in idyllic settings in country villages and towns, where we are proud to be the quality local of the area, serving high quality fresh pub food in a cozy pub ambience. Most of our pubs have some Charming Bedrooms as well. New to our growing family is Harper’s Steakhouse, a new premium American Steakhouse brand that we started rolling out last year.

It’s an exciting time to join us!

Upham Inns is growing, and we want you to grow with us and be part of our success. We’ve been busy investing in our business and we are seeing some great results. So, we want to continue to grow our pub family and we are looking to recruit passionate people into our team

We are looking for great people to join us

Our company is big enough to support you but small enough to care about your individual needs. We are a friendly, hands-on team who have a passion for running great pubs. We are always on the lookout for like-minded people who have the desire to work and grow with us.