Sous Chef - Cardiff

Gather & Gather; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Operational training

Life assurance

Personal development

Wellbeing programme

Social events

Holiday purchase

Discount vouchers

Job summary

Gather & Gather in Cardiff is seeking a Sous Chef to lead a kitchen team and deliver exceptional culinary experiences for CH&CO on a full-time 40-hour week. You will work with passionate colleagues to prepare high-quality dishes using fresh ingredients, while maintaining brand standards and food safety.

The role offers development opportunities, training, and a supportive environment that values reliability and innovation.

Qualifications

• Experience in a厨房 environment with high-standard hygiene practices.
• Ability to lead a kitchen team and manage junior staff.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Preparing delicious, high-quality food for clients and customers.
• Identifying opportunities to improve our food service.
• Creating a positive kitchen environment where your team feel welcomed and supported.
• Supporting the team in delivering our tasty food concepts to our customers.
• Representing Gather & Gather and maintaining a positive brand image.
• Supporting the team with ordering, stock control and reducing food waste.
• Overseeing kitchen cleaning to maintain hygiene standards.
• Supporting the team to manage budgets and meet financial targets.
• Complying with Food Handling, Hygiene and Health & Safety standards.

Skills

Food preparation

Team leadership

Timekeeping

Hygiene standards

Budget management

Job description

• Preparing delicious, high-quality food that delights our clients and customers
• Identifying opportunities to improve our food service
• Creating a positive kitchen environment where your team feel welcomed and supported
• Supporting the team in delivering our tasty food concepts to our customers
• Representing Compass Group UK&I and maintaining a positive brand image
• Supporting the team with ordering food, stock control and controlling food waste
• Overseeing kitchen cleaning responsibilities to maintain hygiene standards
• Supporting the team to manage budgets and successfully meet financial targets
• Complying with Food Handling and Hygiene standards
• Complying with Health and Safety regulations
  Have a desire to succeed in your role
• Possess the ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrate exceptional timekeeping and reliability
• Passionate about great-tasting food
  We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Sous Chef to help us create exceptional food experiences for CH&CO on a full time basis, contracted to 40 hours per week.

As a Sous Chef, you will be working alongside a truly passionate team to create an outstanding culinary experience. If you are an innovative and creative Sous Chef, passionate about using top quality fresh ingredients, and looking for a role which can offer both work life balance and career development - we want to hear from you! In return we offer support and development to progress within a company that invests in its people, celebrates individuality, and rewards and recognises employees who go beyond the plate. Working with us has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits and development opportunities:

• Great operational training and development
• Life assurance scheme
• Personal Development and Training opportunities - We are passionate about our growing team
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers

Here’s an idea of what your shift patterns will be: Mon-Fri (Full Time Days)