Sous Chef

Morpeth Arms; Royal Borough of Greenwich; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

20% discount in Young’s pubs/hotels

Share save scheme

Company pension scheme

28 days holiday per year

Apprenticeship scheme

Culinary masterclasses

Job summary

The Morpeth Arms is seeking an experienced Sous Chef to join our pub kitchen. You will work under the Head Chef to lead a hands-on team, design daily specials, and ensure high standards of food quality and service.

You will contribute to menu development and collaborate with front-of-house while overseeing rostering, training, and health and safety. We offer development programmes, opportunities to create menus, apprenticeships, masterclasses, free meals, and attractive benefits including a

Qualifications

• Champion excellent service through high quality fresh food
• Demonstrate passion for leading and developing a team
• Be an active hands-on Chef with excellent communication skills
• Responsible for managing kitchen staff rota, training and health and safety
• Collaborate with Head Chef to design and deliver new dishes and daily specials
• Show strong planning and organizational skills to maintain GP and labour controls
• Proactively drive sales and growth via kitchen and front-of-house engagement

Skills

Team leadership

Fresh food quality

Hands-on chef

Communication

Kitchen rostering

Menu creation

Sales growth

Job description

SousChef

About us:

The Morpeth Arms is a beautiful pub overlooking the Thames. Situated a hundred yards away from the Tate Britain and across from the Mi6 building we are a hot spot for tourists and Westminster workers alike.
Our menu focuses on high quality food and drinks changing with the seasons, written and created by our passionate team.

What we offer ourSous Chefs:

• Access to our Sous Chef - Head Chef development Programme: the majority of our head chefs are internal appointments
• Autonomy to createyour 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 existingSous Chef or Senior CDP looking for their next step. We are looking for a passionate chef who takes great care in preperation and pride in their food.

• Have experience championing excellent servicethrough high quality fresh food
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developinga team
• Be an active hands-on Chef with excellentcommunication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchenstaff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
• Working alongside your Head Chef, you will beable to demonstrate your creativity and ability by helping to design anddeliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
• Demonstrate great planning and organisationalskills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP andlabour
• Have a pro-active approach to driving sales anddelivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of houseteams