Sous Chef

Young's Pubs; Newbury; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

20% discount in all Young’s pubs and h

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Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Job summary

The Carnarvon Arms, part of Young's Pubs, in Newbury, is seeking a Sous Chef to lead and inspire a busy kitchen.

You will champion quality, create menus with the Head Chef, and develop your team while ensuring excellent service and fresh, seasonal dishes.

Join a supportive environment with opportunities for progression, masterclasses, and a strong focus on staff development and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a kitchen team and delivering quality food
• Ability to design and deliver menus and daily specials
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Proactive in training and rota management

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Sous Chef kitchen team, ensuring smooth service
• Responsible for staff rota planning, training, and health & safety compliance
• Collaborate with Head Chef to design and implement new dishes and menus
• Drive kitchen performance, GP, and labour controls while maintaining quality

Skills

Menu Development

Food Preparation

Safe Food Handling

Kitchen Safety

Job description

About us

The Carnarvon Arms is an up-and-coming Pub, Restaurant & Hotel. We strive for customer service and great quality food. Located next door to Highclere castle ensures that we are busy. We have a great community feel that will continue to grow. So come check us out, and become a part of our amazing team!!

About us

The Carnarvon Arms is an up-and-coming Pub, Restaurant & Hotel. We strive for customer service and great quality food. Located next door to Highclere castle ensures that we are busy. We have a great community feel that will continue to grow. So come check us out, and become a part of our amazing team!!

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.

Skills

• Menu Development
• Food Preparation
• Safe Food Handling
• Kitchen Safety