Sous Chef (monday-friday) - London

Equipment Sales & Service Limited.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Wellbeing strategy

Job summary

Compass Group is seeking a skilled Sous Chef for a busy hospitality operation in Westminster. You will support the Head Chef, cover holidays, and lead a kitchen team of six across kitchen and front-of-house.

The role includes breakfast, lunch, and fine dining service with a strong emphasis on quality, safety and customer experience. You will drive ordering, stock control and cost management while maintaining excellent food safety standards and presenting high-quality dishes.

Qualifications

• Experience as Sous Chef in workplace dining, contract catering, hospitality or similar environments.
• Strong knowledge of ordering, stock control and food safety.
• Passion for quality, presentation and creating great food.
• Customer-focused, approachable and comfortable engaging with customers.
• Proactive, hands-on and willing to work across kitchen and front-of-house.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head Chef with day-to-day running of the restaurant and hospitality operation.
• Take responsibility for kitchen and operation during Head Chef's absence including holiday cover.
• Deliver high-quality breakfast, lunch and hospitality, including fine dining.
• Work as part of a team of 6 across kitchen and front of house, including kitchen porter support.
• Support with ordering, stock management and food costs.
• Maintain excellent food safety, health & safety and compliance standards.
• Ensure high standards of food quality and customer service.
• Work with the team to deliver a smooth customer experience.
• Bring ideas to improve the food offer and service.

Skills

Team player

Kitchen leadership

Food safety

Customer service

Proactive

Front-of-house

Job description

• Support the Head Chef with the day-to-day running of the restaurant and hospitality operation, serving around 80 covers per day plus hospitality.
• Take responsibility for the kitchen and operation during the Head Chef's absence, including holiday cover.
• Deliver high-quality breakfast, lunch and hospitality, including fine dining.
• Work as part of a team of 6 across kitchen and front of house, including kitchen porter support.
• Support with ordering, stock management and food costs, ensuring an efficient kitchen operation.
• Maintain excellent food safety, health & safety and compliance standards.
• Ensure consistently high standards of food quality, presentation and customer service.
• Work closely with the wider team to deliver a smooth and engaging customer experience.
• Bring new ideas to the food offer and proactively identify opportunities to improve the service.
  Previous experience as a Sous Chef within workplace dining, contract catering, hospitality or a similar environment.
• Confident stepping up and taking responsibility for the kitchen when the Head Chef is away.
• Experience delivering fresh, high-quality breakfast, lunch, hospitality and fine dining.
• Good knowledge of ordering, stock control, food safety and health & safety.
• A real foodie who is passionate about quality, presentation and creating great food.
• Customer-focused, approachable and comfortable engaging with customers.
• Proactive, hands-on and happy to get involved across the operation.
• A strong team player who can work effectively with both kitchen and front-of-house colleagues.
• Organised, reliable and positive, with a genuine passion for delivering a great service.
  As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.
  Working with Vacherin has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.
• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Family friendly support
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• Volunteering days
• Recognition schemes and people award
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers