Sous Chef

Upham Inns; Wallingford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary + Tronc

Flexible shifts

Meal discounts

Hotel discounts

Development program

Lifestyle card discounts

Service awards

Birthday gift

Refer a friend incentives

Job summary

Upham Inns is seeking a passionate Sous/Sous-chef to join our team at one of our premium pubs in Southern England. You will manage food orders, stock control and ensure correct storage, while upholding high hygiene and presentation standards.

You will train and develop junior chefs and lead a hands-on team to deliver high-quality, locally sourced dishes in a cozy pub setting. With opportunities for progression, a supportive family culture, and attractive perks, this role offers flexible shifts,

Qualifications

• Be able to food order, stock control and correct storage of food stocks.
• A Genuine desire to provide high quality food and service.
• Maintain and manage the required high operational and personal standard of hygiene and presentation within the team at all times.
• Comply with all Food safety, fire, Health and safety, licensing and employment laws.
• Be a strong Leader, with the ability to train, Coach and develop junior chefs.
• At least 1 year experience as a Sous/junior Sous chef.
• Great communication skills.
• Right to Work in the UK.
• Excellent culinary and presentation skills.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stock control

Hygiene standards

Training junior chefs

Job description

• Be able to food order, stock control and correct storage of food stocks
• A Genuine desire to provide high quality food and service
• Maintain and manage the required high operational and personal standard of hygiene and presentation within the team at all times.
• Comply with all Food safety, fire, Health and safety, licensing and employment laws
• Be a strong Leader, with the ability to train, Coach and develop junior chefs
• At least 1 year experience as a Sous/junior Sous chef
• Great communication skills
• Right to Work in the UK
• Excellent culinary and presentation skills
• We own a collection of beautiful and individual premium pubs across Southern England. Our pubs are in idyllic settings in country villages and towns, where we are proud to be the quality local of the area, serving high quality fresh pub food in a cozy pub ambience. Most of our pubs have some Charming Bedrooms as well. New to our growing family is Harper's Steakhouse, a new premium American Steakhouse brand that we started rolling out last year.

It's an exciting time to join us! Upham Inns is growing, and we want you to grow with us and be part of our success. We've been busy investing in our business and we are seeing some great results. So, we want to continue to grow our pub family and we are looking to recruit passionate people into our team We are looking for great people to join us Our company is big enough to support you but small enough to care about your individual needs. We are a friendly, hands‑on team who have a passion for running great pubs. We are always on the lookout for like‑minded people who have the desire to work and grow with us. About Company: Now part of Upham Inns, where at the heart of our business is a strong family culture. With premium pubs across Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire and the home counties. We love to train people who have a passion to be the best! Whether for a part time job to help get ready for Christmas, or to cover soaring energy bills, a full time career with real promotional opportunities to climb the career ladder, or just a safe and secure job - We are looking for awesome people to join our fun and friendly team. You don't need to be in hospitality at the moment as our training will get brilliant people with the right work ethic where they need to be. We give full training for people who's passion may be greater than their experience, great benefits including a whole host of high street discounts, flexible working, hours and tip sharing on top of everyone's pay

• Up to £32,700 per annum plus a share of Tronc (this can be up to £5000 per year)
• Flexible shift patterns
• Up to 33% off meals taken off duty for you and up to 6 guests
• 33% off our hotel accommodation & 20% for Friends and Family
• Development program with a clear pathway to Head Chef
• Access to the lifestyle card - which will provide you with instant access to over 5,000 discounts across all aspects of their lifestyle. With thousands of discounts covering local independents, national and online businesses, there are plenty of opportunities to save money. The lifestyle card is a 100% free benefit for our Upham Inn team members.
• Service Awards
• A Birthday Gift
• Refer a friend and Chef recruitment incentives of up to £1000