Sous Chef

Youngs; Twickenham; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Staff discount

Share save scheme

Company pension

28 days holiday

Job summary

Young’s is seeking a Sous Chef to join our kitchen team and lead on quality, creativity, and people development. You will work closely with the Head Chef to design menus, supervise service, and drive growth through exceptional kitchen performance.

We offer a dynamic pub hospitality environment with opportunities for professional development and a supportive team culture. You will be an active hands-on leader, focused on high standards of food and guest experience.

Qualifications

• Experience leading kitchen teams and delivering quality fresh food.
• Ability to design and implement menus and daily specials.
• Strong communication skills with kitchen and front-of-house.
• Effective staff rostering and health & safety oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a kitchen team and maintain high service standards.
• Collaborate with Head Chef to design and deliver new dishes.
• Hands-on chef with strong communication and leadership on the line.
• Manage staff rota, training, and health & safety compliance.

Skills

Team leadership

Food quality

Communication

Menu development

H&S compliance

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