Sous Chef

Burlington Hotel; Rothesay; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted hotel stays

Job summary

Bespoke Hotels is seeking a Sous Chef to join our growing kitchen team in the UK. You will oversee food preparation and presentation to high standards, ensuring full compliance with food safety regulations and supporting the kitchen brigade.

The ideal candidate will have 1–2 years in a similar role, a passion for hospitality, reliability, and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment. We offer competitive salaries, development opportunities and discounted hotel stays for you, your

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in a similar kitchen role.
• Passion for hospitality and reliable team player.
• Ability to deliver high service standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high standard of food preparation and presentation, compliant with regulations.
• Supervise, train and motivate the kitchen team to meet highest standards.
• Involve in menu planning, compiling and ordering; manage departmental budgets.
• Ensure proper handling, storage and quality control of ingredients per current legislation.
• Ensure dishes are produced to a consistently high standard.

Skills

Food safety

Team leadership

Menu planning

Budget control

Training & mentoring

Job description

We currently have an amazing opportunity to join the team as Sous Chef.

Bespoke Benefits… What’s in it for you?

At Bespoke Hotels, our people are our biggest asset. We focus on engagement and individual development, working with natural strengths and supporting education from a commercial perspective. We create pathways so our people know the direction their careers will head.

We believe that great hospitality can only be delivered by a happy, motivated and engaged team; so this is at the heart of our culture and of our ‘Be-Attitude’ values.

We are proud to provide equal opportunities for our team members, encouraging inclusive and creative culture, providing long-term careers, supporting community and assisting in environmental matters.

At Bespoke, we ensure meaningful relationships with our colleagues, guests and third-party suppliers, positively celebrating diversity and inclusion within our teams, encouraging collaboration and creativity.

We offer competitive salaries, incentives, ample scope for personal development and discounted hotel stays for you, your family, and friends.

Requirements:

The ideal person will have strong experience, ideally at least 1-2 years in a similar position and will have the ability to deliver great service to our guests.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about hospitality, that is reliable and willing to learn as part of this growing team.

Duties will include:

1. You are required to ensure that the preparation and presentation of the food is of a high standard, and complies with food safety regulations.
2. supervising, training and motivating the team to achieve the highest standards.
3. Actively involved in menu planning, compilation and ordering in addition to ensuring that departmental budgets are controlled.
4. Ensuring high standards of quality control, handling and storage of commodities to current legislation, governing handling, storage and processing.
5. Actively ensure that dishes are produced to a consistent high standard.

Being Bespoke:

Bespoke Hotels was founded in 2000 and has consistently grown to the point where we now manage over 9,500 hotel rooms, 8,000 employees and £815 million of assets.

We stand today as the UK’s Largest Independent Hotel Group, owning a number of hotels and partnering with an ever-increasing portfolio alongside this. Every agreement we have is Bespoke by name, and bespoke by nature. Our properties range from specialist golfing hotels, to award-winning spa resorts and chic city centre properties.

We pride ourselves on a diverse roster and a unique, individualised management style, with over 90 management agreements across the UK, alongside a further 30 management consultancy services, and 100 hotels with sales & marketing services only.