Sous Chef

Oli Aubrey-Thomas; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development programme

Menu autonomy

Apprenticeship scheme

Masterclasses

Free meals

20% discount

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Company pension

28 days holiday

Job summary

The Lamb Hindon is seeking an experienced Sous Chef to join our friendly kitchen team. You will lead day-to-day operations, prepare high-quality dishes, and work closely with the Head Chef to design fresh menus for our restaurant and events.

As a hands-on chef with strong communication and organisational skills, you will manage the kitchen rota, training, and health and safety, while driving kitchen performance and guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience as Sous Chef or Senior CDP with leadership skills.
• Ability to create and deliver high-quality, fresh dishes.
• Strong planning, organisational and communication skills.
• Proactive in driving sales and menu development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and train kitchen staff and supervise day-to-day operations.
• Design and deliver new dishes and daily specials.
• Manage rota, training, and health and safety compliance.
• Collaborate with Head Chef to drive menu development and cost controls.

Skills

Leadership

Food quality

Menu development

Communication

Job description

About us:

The Lamb, a 12th-century coaching inn with 18 beautiful boutique bedrooms in an idyllic setting in the postcard village of Hindon.
We’re a fun team and we’re passionate about customers and our four-legged friends! We’re a massively dog-friendly pub and hotel and look after a lot of shooting parties during the shooting season!
The Lamb is a favourite with the locals, offering everything from a pint of real ale to cocktails on our garden terrace, three-course dinners in the restaurant to delicious Sunday roasts!

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