Sous Chef

Serco; Worcester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Sous Chef to join their team at a prominent sports centre. This role involves leading the kitchen team in providing exceptional dining experiences, developing menus, and managing hospitality events. You'll play a crucial part in ensuring customer satisfaction while maintaining high standards in food preparation and service. With a focus on community engagement and a commitment to staff development, this position offers a unique opportunity to work in a vibrant environment that supports a healthy lifestyle. If you're ready to take your culinary career to the next level, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Free Gym membership

Contributory pension scheme

Discounts on cinema and shopping

Varied and enjoyable work environment

Qualifications

• Experience leading a kitchen and chef team in hospitality.
• Desirable formal qualifications in chef and food safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead restaurant lunch and dinner provisions and events.
• Develop new dining restaurant offers and manage hospitality events.

Skills

Kitchen Management

Menu Development

Food Safety

Customer Service

Education

Relevant Chef Qualifications

Job description

Location: Lilleshall National Sports Centre

Contract Type: Permanent

Operational hours: 39 hours, various shifts, 6am to 2pm, 7am to 3pm and 1pm to 9pm, 5 out of 7 days and weekend working required for functions and events.

Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum + available overtime and excellent benefits

Here at Lilleshall, our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer-focused team - and right now we are looking to recruit a Sous Chef to join the centre.

As the Sous Chef, you will lead in our restaurant lunch and dinner provisions and events offerings at Lilleshall and work as part of the kitchen team to deliver a world-class experience, ensuring that our customers are valued and their satisfaction and recommendation to others is paramount.

The primary function of this role is to develop/run a new dining restaurant offer for Lilleshall. Menu development will be needed, and you should have a history of developing menus. The role will also involve taking a lead on weddings and hospitality events, ensuring they are delivered to the highest standard possible.

When not working on restaurant and hospitality events, you will be part of the site's wider catering operation and be required to cook in bulk for a dining room operation for hotel guests. These guests range from sports to corporate guests. Lastly, you will support the executive chef with consistently reviewing colleague performance and training, scheduling of resources, stocktaking, and maintaining GDPs.

You will help facilitate a safe, fun, and professional working environment with free access to the leisure facilities, various discounts, and excellent development opportunities.

About You

We are looking for someone who is fully flexible to cover mornings, evenings, and weekends for weddings, functions, and site requirements.

The successful candidate will be a passionate and enthusiastic individual who, like the members of staff at Lilleshall, prides themselves on giving the best service possible for those who visit the centre and goes the extra mile for customers when required.

You will have experience of leading/managing a kitchen and chef team in a hospitality and restaurant environment, and it is desirable that you hold formal/relevant chef and food safety qualifications.

We are a unique business as we host elite athletes, weddings, and high-profile business professionals. Due to the nature of our business, this role can offer a great work-life balance.

If you feel you meet the above criteria and want to work in a challenging and varied role, please apply today.

Why Serco

A place you can make an impact: Working within Leisure means that you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that the communities we serve receive exceptional service and you’ll help to provide our local communities with a safe and fun environment to stay healthy and connected to others.

A place you can count on: It takes a diverse team to support our Leisure business and we’re big on internal progression. So, whether you specialise your skills, undertake additional training, or progress into senior management, you’ll find all the opportunity you need to evolve your career.

A place for you: Our staff are dedicated to providing the best possible service for our customers and we welcome those who take similar pride in their work.

What We Offer

• Free Gym membership
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Serco discounts which include cinema, Merlin Entertainment, online shopping, mobile phone plans, and leisure centre memberships.
• Interesting, varied, and enjoyable work
• A company that recognises your contribution

Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust’s Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust’s employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements, or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company’s policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.