Sous Chef - Live In

Youngs; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy to create menus and specials

Apprenticeship Scheme

Culinary masterclasses and training

Free meals

20% discount in Young’s pubs andHotels

Share save Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Head Chef development Programme

Job summary

Castle, Tooting is seeking a passionate Sous Chef to join our busy high street pub kitchen. You’ll lead a hands-on team, develop menus with the Head Chef, and help deliver exciting changes as we refurbish and expand our rotisserie kitchen. On-site, live-in position with strong opportunities for progression and ongoing culinary training.

You’ll champion quality, staff development and guest satisfaction, while controlling GP and labour with smart planning and collaborative front-of-house.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a kitchen team with hands-on approach.
• Ability to design and deliver new dishes and daily specials.
• Strong organization to manage GP and labour.

Responsibilities

• Act as a hands-on Sous Chef and lead kitchen staff.
• Collaborate with Head Chef to develop menus and specials.
• Ensure health and safety standards are followed at all times.
• Drive sales and kitchen performance through proactive leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Quality food

Communication

Planning

Job description

Sous Chef

About us:

We are the Castle, Tooting. We are a busy, big high street pub with lots of space for all the events and parties we hold. We have a big kitchen with plenty of space to do some seriously fun things. The menu is classic currently and we achieve good sales but we have an exciting refurbishment on the horizon in January where the menu will be completely changing. We are installing new equipment for cooking on fire and even our very our Rotisserie kitchen. We are looking for a strong Sous chef to join the team and jump straight in with the plans. This is a Live in Position on site here in Tooting.

What we offer our Sous Chefs:

• Access to our Sous Chef - Head Chef development Programme: the majority of our head chefs are internal appointments
• Autonomy to create your own menus and specials, alongside your Head Chef
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme - Gain a nationally recognised qualification
• Access to regular culinary masterclasses and training days to boost your skills
• Free meals
• 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
• Share save Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• 28 Days Holiday per year

What we look for in a Sous Chef:

We are looking for an existing Sous Chef or Senior CDP looking for their next step, who considers themselves as a natural leader with a passion and flare for producing quality fresh food in an environment that makes people feel welcome. As the successful Sous Chef you will:

• Have experience championing excellent service through quality food
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing a team
• Be an active hands-on Chef with excellent communication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
• Working alongside your Head Chef, you will be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability by helping to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
• Demonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labour
• Have a pro-active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams