Sous Chef

Old Swan & Minster Mill; Witney; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Service charge (monthly)

Staff meals on duty

Employee discounts (25% off F&B)

Perkbox platform

Milestone awards

Job summary

Old Swan & Minster Mill in Witney is seeking a proactive Sous Chef to support the Head Chef in running a busy kitchen and delivering exciting dishes.

You will lead the team, uphold allergen safety, and ensure high standards of hygiene while optimizing ordering and stock management to keep service smooth and guests satisfied.

Qualifications

• Proven ability with kitchen knife skills and high standards of food prep.
• Up-to-date allergen handling knowledge and training.
• Able to lead a kitchen team and share knowledge with juniors.

Responsibilities

• Cook with the finest ingredients and maintain quality.
• Keep up to date with allergen training and safety standards.
• Ensure kitchen cleanliness and proper food labelling.
• Mentor Junior Sous, CDP’s, KP’s and Commis joining the team.
• Manage kitchen in Head Chef's absence and support ordering via Procure Wizard.

Skills

Knife skills

Allergen training

Team leadership

Food ordering

Tools

Procure Wizard

Job description

Location Located just 15 miles from Oxford, Old Swan & Minster Mill is in the picturesque village of Minster Lovell.

Consisting of both a quintessentially country English Inn, and a modern riverside hotel.

SERVICE CHARGE — We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel. Every penny received is paid out to the team. Service charge can be in the region of £150 a month (close to £2000 per year) over and above base pay for a full time employee.

The Old Swan & Minster Mill offers a relaxed, fun yet professional environment to work in. Free parking is available on site, and we do offer discounted staff taxis for those that don't drive.

Come and join our team as a Sous Chef and let your passion and personality shine

Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests.

As a Sous Chef, you will be working alongside the Head Chef to run a busy kitchen. You will be creating exciting and delicious dishes to be served to guests.

This role would suit someone who has worked in a similar environment previously.

Key Responsibilities

• As a skilled chef, you’ll get to really put those knife skills to the test, cooking with the finest of ingredients.
• We want to keep everyone safe, so you’ll need to keep up to date with the latest allergen training.
• Being one team, everyone in the kitchen is responsible for keeping it clean.
• Nobody wants out of date food, so labelling your food is important.
• As an experienced chef, we encourage you to share your knowledge with new, budding Junior Sous, CDP’s, KP’s and Commis coming into the industry.
• You’ll be responsible for managing the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef.
• Along with the Head Chef, you’ll write the allergen matrix, to ensure that all our guests are kept safe.
• We can’t run out of food, so it’s important to keep on top of ordering, via Procure Wizard.

Work/life, or as it should be called life/work balance is important to us all, so we will always try to be fair with our rotas. We just ask that you can be flexible with us, so we can be flexible with you in return.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
• Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
• Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group, and your friends and family get special rates too.
• We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
• We sustain you physically too, meals when you are on duty are free.
• To be the best version of yourself, we encourage our teams to be curious. Everyone can learn and develop – our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
• We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
• We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.

About our family of hotels

We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.

Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.

We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station – to see the whole group, take a look herewww.brownswordhotels.co.uk

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