Sous Chef - Blackpool

Blue Arrow; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality company in Blackpool is seeking a Sous Chef dedicated to preparing high-quality meals for guests. In this full-time, permanent role, you'll join a supportive team in a dynamic kitchen environment, managing service standards while enhancing your culinary skills. Competitive salary and extensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Employee discount

On-site parking

Referral programme

Qualifications

• 1 year of cooking experience preferred.
• Ability to manage tasks suitable to the role.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety issues in kitchen environments.

Responsibilities

• Prepare meals for up to 150 guests within a 45-minute service window.
• Assist in menu implementation and maintain equipment.
• Train new staff and manage legislative records.

Skills

Cooking

Food Safety

Time Management

Culinary Trends

Multi-tasking

Job description

Job Overview

We have a new fantastic opportunity come up for a Sous Chef to join us.

Offering a competitive salary of £31,940 per annum, based on 45 hours per week and varied shifts working up to 6 days per week, plus incremental and performance pay reviews. We also offer continuous all year-round employment - we don't close for the winter months! You also get £50 once you have completed basic training and if you refer a friend, you'll split £100!

Hours include evenings, weekends and bank holidays, but our kitchen team finish no later than 8.30pm! Breakfast shifts starts from 7am.

Our Hotels are flexible employers and strive to facilitate a healthy work life balance for our employees. We provide every employee with a supportive mental wellbeing and financial assistance package. We even give you an extra paid day off for your birthday.

In addition to all of these fantastic benefits of working for us, we have a great "Take your family on our holiday scheme" for as little as £95 per holiday…4 nights, breakfast, dinner, room, travel and entertainment all included.

As our Sous Chef, you'll be responsible for preparing good quality meals for up to 150 guests in a standard 45 minutes service window for both breakfast and dinner. Full training provided in managing our kitchens, working with set menus, and ensuring that all meals are prepared to the highest standards of taste, presentation, and food safety. You will be part of our training Academy.

Skills and attributes you will bring to the chopping board:
* Producing food as directed by the head chef and additionally having the potential to produce your own dishes independently, and also as part of the team in the kitchen.
* Assist in the implementation of menus with new or existing creations, ensuring variety and quality of servings for our guests
* Work in conjunction with the Head Chef to maintain equipment required for the delivery of service standards
* Training new staff members
* Assist with monthly stocktaking if required
* Assist with daily stock replenishment if required
* In conjunction with the Head Chef, maintain all required legislative records such as the SFBB log, and labelling systems so that internal and external inspections can be carried out at any time.
* Be aware of company Health & Safety policy in your workplace and assist others to help to maintain a safe working environment.
* Experience of working in a commercial environment Kitchen
* Ability to manage tasks and responsibilities suitable to the role
* A good working knowledge of culinary trends and optimized kitchen processes
* Enthusiastic, confident and competent.
* Ability to multi-task and not lose performance level under pressure
* Learn and continue the values of the organisation and a wish to contribute to them.
* Working knowledge of Health and Safety issues relating to kitchen working environments
* Experience of catering for a Coaching Hotel operation is desirable.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £31,940.00 per year

Benefits:
* Employee discount
* On-site parking
* Referral programme

Experience:
* Cooking: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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