Sous Chef - Live Out

Young & Co.; Windlesham; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development Programme

Free meals

Staff discount

Company pension

28 days holiday

Tips

Job summary

Young & Co. is seeking a Senior Sous Chef for The Half Moon in Windlesham, Surrey. You will lead a busy kitchen, create fresh menus, and mentor junior chefs to ensure consistency and quality across service.

The role offers autonomy, training opportunities, free meals, staff discounts, and a 28-day holiday entitlement. You will work closely with the Head Chef to deliver high-quality, seasonal dishes and maintain excellent guest experiences.

Qualifications

• Experience as Senior Sous Chef or Junior Sous Chef stepping up, a natural leader with passion for fresh food.
• Strong leadership and team development abilities.
• Excellent communication and hands-on kitchen management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead kitchen operations and manage the head chef relationship.
• Plan and help design menus and daily specials.
• Oversee staff rota, training, and health and safety compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Menu development

Training & coaching

Communication

Job description

Senior Sous Chef

About us:

The Half Moon is a traditional country pub in the heart of the village of Windlesham in Surrey. An ideal location in Windlesham for those seeking somewhere to sit back, relax and enjoy great food and drinks with friends or family and our beautiful garden. Our pub has for many years played a big part in the local community. We take great pride in offering a friendly service, a great selection of real ales, lagers, ciders and wine plus delicious homemade freshly cooked food.
We are always on the lookout for team members with character, professionalism, innovative ideas, comradery, experience, flair, and expertise in their job roles. We believe in our people and always look to develop and nurture talent, coaching and progressing our team members.
All positions receive tips and live-in positions may be available.

What we offer our Senior 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 Senior Sous Chef:

We are looking for an existing Senior Sous Chef or Junior Sous Chef 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 Senior 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