sous chef

inploi; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading restaurant chain in the UK is seeking a passionate Sous Chef to lead their kitchen team, ensuring quality food standards and a positive working environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in team training and kitchen management. This role offers flexible hours, competitive pay, and numerous employee benefits including bonuses and discounts.

Benefits

Biweekly pay + share of tips

Access to earnings before payday

£1000 annual bonus opportunity

Free food on shift

Family-friendly policy

Pension scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Qualifications

• Passionate about creating a positive environment for guests and team.
• Expert in food quality with exceptional food knowledge.
• Experience in coaching and managing a kitchen team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the kitchen team.
• Plan shifts and manage kitchen operations.
• Ensure high food and safety standards.

Skills

Food quality standards

Team training and development

Kitchen health and safety standards

Financial awareness in kitchen

Job description

Overview

sous chef | full time

three whole decades of acting different, we don’t conform, we celebrate difference. appreciating personality over perfection – we call it be you, be wagamama. with over 165 restaurants and growing in the uk + ireland, we are looking for a sous chef to join us on our continuous journey to nourish us all from bowl, to soul

The role

as a sous chef you’ll be a leader who cares passionately about creating a positive place for our guests + our teams. a true expert in food quality + standards, with exceptional food knowledge, who uses this to lead, engage + inspire the team around you

Responsibilities

• are passionate about supporting your team, focusing on training + developing others to help them be the best they can be and maintaining high standards
• are experienced in managing the line, planning shifts to make sure we have the right cover + love working with the team, coaching on the go
• have experience in supporting with your kitchen’s food, health and safety standards, understanding financial performance of a kitchen including gross profit, stock control + labour costs
• love to celebrate success with your team, recognising what drives individuals and their needs

What’s in it for you

• biweekly pay + share of the tips
• access up to 30% of your earnings before pay day with wagestream
• £1000 annual bonus opportunity
• flexible hours to support your side hustle
• free food on shift – yes anything from our menu! plus 50% outside of work to treat your friends + family
• an industry leading family friendly policy (any expectant person or anyone adopting a child will receive 26 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay)
• fresh clean uniform provided by us for each shift
• be the first to experience our brand-new menus
• wagamama parties throughout the year with vip guests
• be known nationwide as a wok star – our national recognition programme

in addition to this, we offer the usual such as, pension scheme, holiday, training, cycle to work scheme, retail + leisure discounts, discounted gym memberships + long service awards

Be you be wagamama

wagamama is proudly part of disability confident

100% of tips go to our teams. actual tips by restaurant will vary. tips are left solely at our guests discretion and are not considered as wages by the company nor are they guaranteed in any way