Sous Chef - Live In

Young'S; Tooting; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sous Chef Development Programme

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

Job summary

Castle, Tooting is seeking a strong Sous Chef to join a busy high street pub with a refurbished kitchen set for January. The role is live-in and on site in Tooting, with a rotisserie kitchen and space to create menus and daily specials under the Head Chef.

You will lead a hands-on kitchen team, champion excellent service, and help deliver efficient GP and labour controls while driving sales and growth across front and back of house.

Qualifications

• Existing Sous Chef or Senior CDP seeking next step.
• Natural leader with passion for producing quality fresh food.
• Able to manage and develop a team while hands-on in the kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the kitchen team and rota.
• Deliver quality food and maintain high service standards.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Communication

Planning & organisation

Health & safety

Rota management

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