Sous Chef

Oyster House; Swansea; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy to create menus & specials

Free meals

28 Days Holiday per year

Share save Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

20% discount in Young’s pubs & hotels

Job summary

Oyster House in Swansea is seeking an experienced Sous Chef to lead a busy kitchen on the seafront. You will work closely with the Head Chef to design menus, train staff, and maintain high standards of quality and consistency.

We're offering development opportunities, free meals, 28 days holiday, and a supportive team environment on a newly refurbished venue with a vibrant dining and social scene.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead and develop a kitchen team.
• Experience delivering quality fresh food in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills with front-of-house and back-of-house teams.
• Sound knowledge of health and safety practices in a busy kitchen.
• Ability to design and deliver new dishes for menus and daily specials.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills to control GP and labour.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage kitchen operations in a high-volume environment.
• Collaborate with Head Chef to design and update menus and specials.
• Train, mentor and motivate kitchen staff; oversee rotas and appraisals.
• Ensure consistent quality, taste, and presentation of dishes.
• Maintain strict health and safety standards and cleanliness.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Hands-on cooking

Communication skills

Health & safety

Menu development

Job description

About us

Join us in our newly refubished Seafront venue overlooking the sea, with a stunning bar for dining and socialising and 16 lovely ensuite rooms and a lovely freindly team.
With our up and coming november bar refurbishment this will be the place to work on the Mumbles seafront,

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 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 a Sous Chef:

We are looking for an existing Sous Chef or Senior cdp looking for their next step, who considers themselvesas a natural leader with a passion and flare for producing quality fresh foodin an environment that makes people feel welcome. As the successful Sous Chefyou will:

• Have experience championing excellent servicethrough quality 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

Thanks for your interest in working with us. If you would like to be part of our team,