Sous Chef

Sodexo Ltd; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in Quality of Life services is seeking a chef to prepare high-quality meals in Wokingham. Key responsibilities include cooking, ensuring food safety, and contributing to a positive kitchen environment. Ideal candidates should have chef experience, culinary qualifications, and strong organisational skills. Competitive salary with a benefits package included.

Benefits

Unlimited access to wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

24hr virtual GP Service

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Pension Plan membership

Learning and development tools

Bike to Work Scheme

Enhanced benefits and leave policies

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a fast-paced kitchen.
• Strong understanding of food hygiene standards.

Responsibilities

• Cook high-quality menu items passionately.
• Maintain food hygiene and safety standards.
• Contribute to an innovative kitchen culture.

Skills

Experience as a chef in a high volume setting

Strong organisational skills

Commitment to food safety and hygiene

Ability to prioritise tasks

Education

Professional cookery or culinary qualifications

Job description

• Full time
• 40 hours per week
• £14.00 - £15.00 per hour, experience dependant
• Site Specific Benefits
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

A recipe for success; Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.

At Sodexo, you'll belong in a team and thrive in service. We know that our talented chefs are the key to delivering exceptional service and tasteful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

Build a name with big-brand businesses and corporate clients, delivering high-quality nutritious meals for boardroom lunches, executive events, and daily workplace dining. This role calls for a chef who can blend maintaining excellent standards, while working efficiently in a fast-paced, trend-setting, client-focused environment.

What you'll do:

• Cook up mouth‑watering menu items, with a passion for perfection
• Ensure the highest standards of food hygiene and health and safety are maintained
• Contribute to a positive and innovative kitchen culture
• Bring your ideas to the table and cook up new techniques

What you'll bring:

• Proven experience as a chef in a high volume setting
• Professional cookery or culinary qualifications
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to prioritise tasks
• Commitment to maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards

Why Sodexo?

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong

In a company and team that values you for you.

Act

With purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive

In your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big‑brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues do their part for the environment while keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Ireland's enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On‑Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a force‑friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We are a Disability Confident Leader employer. We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Feed our customers and we'll fuel your career.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.