Sous Chef

Hickory's Smokehouse; York; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Hickory's Smokehouse as a Sous Chef and be part of a dynamic team dedicated to Southern style cuisine. With a salary package of up to £38,000, plus numerous benefits, this role offers significant career progression within a company recognized for its excellent training programs. Make an impact in modern, bespoke kitchens while enjoying a work-life balance.

Benefits

Generous salary package including Tip Jar

Bespoke built kitchens with authentic smokers

Excellent training & progression opportunities

Birthday reward meal for you & friends

Free BBQ on shift

Christmas Day off

Paid occasion days off

25% discount for you & friends

Wellbeing support & wellness programme access

Refer a friend scheme with up to £500 reward

Qualifications

• Experience in a kitchen environment, preferably as a sous chef or similar role.
• Ability to lead and drive a team in the Head Chef's absence.
• Passion for BBQ and Southern style cuisine.

Responsibilities

• Oversee kitchen operations in the absence of the Head Chef.
• Train and mentor kitchen staff.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality fresh food.

Skills

Team Leadership

Culinary Skills

Coaching and Mentoring

Job description

Start an exciting new chapter in your hospitality career at Hickory's Smokehouse - We arethrilled to have been recently crowned the‘Best Pub Employer’ for 2025 at The Publican Awards!

Join us as a Sous Chef and we can offer you a generous package of up to £38,000 per year including Tip Jar!

We’re looking for a Sous Chef to join our passionate brigade of BBQ enthusiasts, you will be responsible for the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence, as well as coaching and mentoring the team, and in doing so you will be working towards becoming a Head Chef yourself. You will be working with and leading the team to deliver authentic fresh food and deliver the very best food that our Smokehouse can offer. Our kitchen’s are not only centres of excellence for Southern style cuisine, they are also important training grounds for our talented team.

As the fastest growing, Southern style Smokehouse group in the UK with an award-winning Hickory’s Training Academy, we can offer you real progression opportunities as we expand. And, we have a company culture that really cares & embraces work-life – balance.

Thank You’s & Benefits:

• A generous Sous Chef package of up to £38,000 per year including Tip Jar!
• The chance to work in one of our £250k bespoke built kitchens, with authentic smokers imported all the way from USA
• Excellent training & progression opportunities – through our award-winning Hickory’s Training Academy
• Birthday reward meal on us for you & your friends - every year
• Free smokin’ BBQ on shift – team food & drinks menu
• Christmas Day off work - every year
• Moments that matter – paid occasion days off (Wedding day, kid’s first day at school, moving into first home & more)
• Team Player card – 25% discount for you & 5 friends in all Hickory’s (rising to 50% for loyal service)
• Road trips to the Southern States, Europe & UK and stacks of enrichment opportunities
• Wellbeing support & 24-hour access to our wellness programme, plus a Wellbeing Champion in each restaurant to support you
• Our pledge to a work-life balance – monitoring & managing through our Red Zone
• A chance to ‘give a bit back’ with fundraising activities for Cash For Kids
• Up to £500 for you – through the refer a friend scheme

So, if all of that sounds amazing to you and you want to come and be a Hickory's Smokehouse Sous Chef, then click ‘apply’ now!