Sous Chef - Live-in Available

Leather-Bottle; Tooting; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Menu development autonomy

Sous Chef development programme

Apprenticeship scheme

Culinary masterclasses

Free meals

Staff discount 20%

Share save scheme

Company pension

28 days holiday

Job summary

The Leather Bottle is recruiting a Sous Chef to join our friendly pub team in London. You will lead a kitchen team, develop menus alongside the Head Chef, and help grow our fresh-food offering in a welcoming atmosphere.

You will be involved in staff development, training, and day-to-day kitchen operations, with a focus on quality, consistency, and guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Show creativity and ability to design and deliver new dishes for menus and daily specials.
• Demonstrate strong planning and organisational skills to control GP and labour.
• Drive sales and growth through engagement with kitchen and front of house teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the kitchen team and manage rota, training and safety.
• Champion excellent service through quality food and presentation.
• Collaborate with Head Chef to design and deliver new dishes for menus and daily specials.
• Maintain strong planning and organisation to control GP and labour costs.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and food safety compliance.
• Drive sales and growth through kitchen and front-of-house collaboration.
• Mentor and train junior kitchen staff to support team development.

Job description

SousChef

It's such an exciting time to join The Leather Bottle, we are a fantastic local community pub with a HUGE beer garden (it's the biggest in South West London).
Our team sits at the heart of everything we do at The Leather Bottle. We LOVE training people up to become the managers of the future in Young's, we are also super proud of our food and are always developing our kitchen teams and our menus.
We are friendly, and fun and absolutely love an Instagram reel!
Come join Rhys and his team at the best pub in Earlsfield

What we offer ourSous Chefs:

• Access to our Sous Chef - Head Chef development Programme: the majority of our head chefs are internal appointments
• Autonomy to createyour 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 existingSous 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 organisationalskills, 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

Thanks for your interest in working with Young's. If you would like to be part of our team,