Sous Chef

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

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Sous Chef, where your passion for real cooking meets high-quality ingredients. You'll support the Head Chef in leading a vibrant kitchen, ensuring every dish meets 5-star standards. With opportunities for personal development and a supportive work environment, this role promises to be both rewarding and engaging. Enjoy perks like overtime pay, generous staff discounts, and a lively team culture. If you're ready to advance your culinary career in a fast-growing business, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Overtime pay

Staff food on every shift

50% off staff discount

28 days holiday

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Opportunities for personal development

Tips shared equally across the team

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Qualifications

• Experience working with fresh ingredients and strong chef skills.
• Proactive work ethic with excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead kitchen shifts and ensure effective operations.
• Maintain high standards of hygiene and safety.

Skills

Food Preparation

Hygiene Standards

Knife Skills

Communication Skills

Leadership

Decision Making

Education

Experience as Sous Chef

Experience as Junior Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager

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

You'll lead shifts, ensuring the kitchen runs effectively and safely. Your attention to detail will cover stocks, Health & Safety, Hygiene, manning the pass to ensure our food goes out on-spec and on-time, upholding 5-star kitchen standards. You'll be proactive and meticulous, like a chef's bonnet.

The Good Stuff

• Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours
• Staff food on every shift
• 50% off staff discount from day one outside working hours
• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), pro-rata
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years of service
• The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - 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 in a fast-growing business
• Tips shared equally across the team based on hours worked
• Christmas and Boxing Day off

What you'll bring

• Likely an existing Sous Chef or a Junior Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager ready to advance
• Experience working with fresh ingredients and strong chef skills (food prep, hygiene, knife skills)
• A proactive work ethic, leading by example to uphold high standards
• Driven and relentless in overcoming challenges
• Familiarity with KPIs and decision-making in the absence of the Head Chef regarding labour, stock, and safety
• Excellent communication skills for managing stakeholders like Ops Chefs and Managers
• Knowledge of rota scheduling, sales, labour forecasts, reporting, recruitment, HR
• Experience in training and recruiting kitchen staff, including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs, and Sous Chefs

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