Sous Chef

Rising Sun; Twickenham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy to create menus and specials

Apprenticeship Scheme access

Free meals

20% discount in Young’s pubs/hotels

Share save Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Job summary

Rising Sun is seeking an experienced Sous Chef to join our kitchen leadership team in Twickenham. You will partner with the Head Chef to design and deliver menus, supervise a hands-on team, and drive daily specials while ensuring quality and consistency for our guests.

You will champion excellent service through quality food, manage rota, training, and safety, and contribute to growth with strong communication across kitchen and front-of-house teams.

Qualifications

• Looking for an experienced Sous Chef or Senior CDP stepping up to leadership.
• Strong leadership and excellent communication in a kitchen environment.
• Ability to lead, develop and manage a kitchen team while maintaining quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop kitchen team, manage rota and health & safety.
• Design and deliver new dishes with Head Chef, including daily specials.
• Maintain GP and labour controls through planning and organisation.
• Drive sales and growth through engagement with kitchen and front-of-house teams.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team development

Menu design

Job description

SousChef

About us:

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, 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