Sous Chef

larkshall; London Borough of Waltham Forest; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

20% discount in Young's pubs and clubs

Share save Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Apprenticeship Scheme

Culinary masterclasses and training

Development Programme

Job summary

The Larkshall in London is seeking a motivated Sous Chef to join our friendly gastropub team. We pride ourselves on fresh seasonal dishes, homemade pies and roasts, and a warm welcome for diners, with the pub already fully booked for Christmas.

You will lead and develop a kitchen team, design and deliver new dishes, manage the rota and health and safety, and participate in our development programme, with perks including free meals and staff benefits.

Qualifications

• Love of food and cooking is required.
• Tech savvy for doing the online food checks.
• Experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a kitchen team.
• Design and deliver new dishes for menus and daily specials.
• Manage the kitchen rota and health & safety.
• Support the Head Chef with menu development and daily operations.

Skills

Love of food and cooking

Tech savvy

Experience

Good level of English

Job description

Sous Chef

About us:

We are looking for a chef to join our lovely team. We reopened The Larkshall almost 5 years ago and have built up a reputation of serving fresh seasonal food. In our gastropub every dish matters and we take great pride in the food we serve. Whether it is our home-made pies or sausages, we aim to make it special. We are also famous for our roasts, and already fully booked for Christmas.

Requirements:

• Love of food and cooking
• Tech savvy for doing the online food checks
• Experience is desirable
• good level of english

What we offer our 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 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

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 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

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