Sous Chef

Aramark Ltd; Westley; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted meals

Free onsite parking

Onsite gym

Job summary

Aramark UK is seeking a skilled Sous Chef to join the team at Sparsholt College, Winchester. The role focuses on producing meals per recipes, maintaining quality, and minimizing waste while supporting a busy educational dining environment.

You will contribute to training and development within a strong culinary team. The position is full-time (35 hours/week) with shift patterns across 7 days, offering career progression within a world-leading contract catering company and access to staff perks

Qualifications

• Must have resided in the UK for the past 3 years and have legal right to work.
• Own transport essential due to the location of the site
• Must be able to pass full security vetting and DBS checks
• Relevant culinary qualification or at least 1 years on the job experience acting as either a Sous or a Senior CDP
• A full UK driving license is desirable due to the location of the site

Responsibilities

• Effective and efficient food production in line with recipe sheets
• Full knowledge of all menu items served
• Management of production to ensure minimal wastage
• Maintenance of food levels throughout all service periods
• Maintenance of food quality and integrity of items
• Capturing and recording all volumes consumed and overproduction
• Assisting in the compilation of all shift opening and closing checklists
• Discussing ideas or improvements with line manager
• Undertake relevant training as required

Skills

Sous Chef

Menu knowledge

Culinary skills

Education

Culinary qualification

Job description

Aramark UK are currently looking for a talented Sous Chef to join our team at Sparsholt College, Winchester, SO21 2NF Aramark UK are making a work life balance achievable whilst still working in hospitality, cultivating your culinary career with a world leading organisation. Aramark provides world-class contract catering services to our extensive list of clients across the UK, including Defence and Judicial, private industry and Education. We are very lucky to have some of the best Culinary and Catering talent that the UK has to offer working within our teams.

A day in the life of a Sous Chef:

• Effective and efficient food production in line with recipe sheets
• Full knowledge of all menu items served
• Management of production to ensure minimal wastage
• Maintenance of food levels throughout all service periods
• Maintenance of food quality and integrity of items
• Capturing and recording all volumes consumed and overproduction
• Assisting in the compilation of all shift opening and closing checklists
• Discussing ideas or improvements with line manager
• Undertake relevant training as required

Requirements:

• Must have resided in the UK for the past 3 years and have legal right to work
• Own transport essential due to the location of the site
• Must be able to pass full security vetting and DBS checks
• Relevant culinary qualification or at least 1 years on the job experience acting as either a Sous or a Senior CDP
• A full UK driving license is desirable due to the location of the site

This is a full-time position, 35 hours per week, working 5 days over 7 including some weekend work, between the hours of 7am - 7.30pm. The hourly rate is £13.80. Discounted meals, free onsite parking and access to onsite gym Extra time off over christmas due to college closure You will have access to MyStaffShop - which includes 100's of discounts, including savings on your weekly supermarket shop and weekend treats. We also offer a company package including life assurance, pension contributions, generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy more, and many more perks. You will also be joining a talented team, with fabulous career prospects that could lead to all sorts of opportunities - we LOVE to promote from within. We are passionate about developing our people from within; great training and development is available. We also offer apprenticeship schemes, so that your learning journey can continue.

£13.80 p/h