Sous Chef

TN United Kingdom; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Sous Chef, supporting the Head Chef and leading a dynamic kitchen team. You'll ensure high standards in food preparation and safety while enjoying numerous employee benefits, including overtime pay, discounts, and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours

Staff food on every shift

50% off staff discount from day one

28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), pro rata

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years of service

Company pension scheme

Opportunities for personal development and career progression

Tips shared equally based on hours worked

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Qualifications

• Experience with fresh ingredients and strong chef skills.
• Familiarity with KPIs and decision-making in the absence of the Head Chef.

Responsibilities

• Lead shifts and ensure the kitchen runs effectively and safely.
• Maintain 5-star kitchen standards and manage the pass.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Proactive Work Ethic

Job description

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You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients.

Role: Sous Chef

As Sous Chef, you'll be the Head Chef's go-to support, leading and engaging the kitchen team to deliver 14 great shifts week in, week out.

You'll be leading shifts, ensuring the kitchen runs effectively and safely. You'll focus on details like stocks, Health & Safety, Hygiene, manning the pass to ensure our food goes out on-spec and on-time, and maintaining 5-star kitchen standards.

The Good Stuff

• Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!
• Staff food on every shift
• 50% off staff discount from day one
• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), pro rata
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years of service
• The renowned staff party - Loungefest!
• Competitions and incentives, including all-expenses-paid trips with suppliers
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Opportunities for personal development and career progression
• Tips shared equally based on hours worked
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!

What you'll bring

• Likely an existing Sous Chef or Junior Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager aiming for the next step
• Experience with fresh ingredients and strong chef skills (food prep, hygiene, knife skills)
• A proactive work ethic, leading from the front and delivering high standards
• Driven and relentless in overcoming challenges
• Familiarity with KPIs, decision-making in the absence of the Head Chef, labour, stock, and food safety
• Excellent communication skills to manage stakeholders and build trust
• Knowledge of rota scheduling, sales and labour forecasts, reporting, recruitment, HR
• Experience in training and recruiting kitchen staff at various levels

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