Sous Chef

Grind & Co; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Grind & Co, a leading coffee company, is seeking a passionate Sous Chef for their new café-restaurant in Manchester. The role involves leading a dynamic kitchen team, ensuring high-quality food production while managing kitchen operations. Candidates should thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a positive leadership approach.

Benefits

50% off all Food & Beverage at Grind locations

Retail discount on Grind at Home products

Qualifications

• Ability to manage kitchen operations under pressure.
• Experience with food costing and health & safety.
• Strong leadership to motivate and train the chef team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality, consistency, and speed of service in the kitchen.
• Support Head Chef in staffing and training kitchen team.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment according to regulations.

Skills

Communication

Time-management

Leadership

Teamwork

Job description

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Grind is a coffee company that was born in London, soon to live in Manchester! Since opening Shoreditch Grind in 2011, we've expanded across the city with cafés, coffee shops, trucks, and a state-of-the-art coffee roastery. Now, we’re opening our first location outside of London, in the centre of Manchester.

Coffee is at the forefront of what we do and who we are. We are coffee specialists and have always aspired to deliver the best quality, service, and consistency of product at all our Grind locations. Each of our cafés has an incredible team serving speciality coffee, mixing cocktails, and cooking amazing food—all to the beat of a great playlist. Now, we’re looking to build another all-star team for our very first café-restaurant in the heart of Manchester, in St Michael’s Square.

Every team at every location is involved in our mission to use coffee as a force for good. Whether it’s through sourcing avocado peel straws and recycled material containers on site, creating the UK’s first home-compostable coffee pods, or using 100% plastic-free packaging, we want to be the world’s most sustainable coffee company. We set up our own charity, the Better Coffee Foundation, to undo the damage caused by the global coffee industry by recovering ocean-bound plastic with every coffee pod, iced coffee can, and cup of coffee we sell.

A bit about the role.

We are looking for a passionate and talented Sous Chef to help lead our Grind kitchen which is busy, fast paced and full of energy. Our restaurants offer all-day dining and focus on using fresh seasonal produce to develop a dynamic menu.

Your role as Sous Chef would involve working alongside your Head Chef and our Senior Sous Chef to lead the kitchen team on a day-to-day basis. You must ensure that quality, consistency and speed of service are upheld at all times, and help to enhance development among a team of aspiring chefs. You must also be able to competently manage all kitchen operation duties in the absence of the Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef.

As a Sous Chef, you need to be able to demonstrate a good all round approach to running a fast paced restaurant; ideally we are looking for someone who can keep their cool, have fun and make amazing food, fast and under pressure. If you love working with seasonal produce, have experience with food costing, H&S, and amazing attention to detail we would love to hear from you!

Role responsibilities.

To provide a safe & clean working environment for all chefs according to Health and Safety legislation and regulations

To support the Head Chef and Senior Sous Chef in ensuring that all sections are adequately staffed with chefs trained and qualified to work those sections

To help the Head Chef recruit kitchen team members following company employment procedures

To liaise and effectively communicate with the Head Chef and Front of House Management team at all times

To help control the expediting of food and ensure customers receive the highest quality of food and service possible.

Ensure food production and standards are carried out in a timely fashion across all services & every section

To report all complaints, incidents, accidents and other irregularities to the Head Chef, Operations team and/or Manager on duty

Must be adaptable and flexible with working patterns when required

You’ll have.

Good communication skills to enable effective dialogue with colleagues and customers

Strong time-management and organisational skills

A positive attitude and leadership approach to motivate and encourage a team of aspiring chefs

Team-work driven and results focused

Displays a smart and professional appearance, representing the company in a positive manner

Diversity and Inclusion.

Grind is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, veteran status, or disability status.

If there are any adjustments you need to help you bring your best self to an interview with us please let us know.

Benefits and Perks.

Crew Card Membership - 50% off all Food & Beverage at every Grind location.

Retail discount on Grind at Home products