Sous Chef (Monday to Friday)

Find Apprenticeships; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Sous Chef at a leading hospitality organization in London. You'll play an essential role in managing kitchen operations, guiding a diverse team, and innovating menu concepts. With a focus on quality, safety, and staff development, this full-time position offers various perks and a supportive environment for your professional growth.

Benefits

28 Days holiday including bank holidays

Free meals on shift

Bespoke training and development opportunities

Pension and life insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a previous role ideally as a Senior Sous Chef or Head Chef.
• Comfortable with delivering 3000 covers a day across breakfast and lunch.
• Good understanding of Food Health & Safety including allergens.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food production standards, menu planning, and development.
• Motivating and mentoring a brigade of around 15 chefs.
• Ensuring compliance with Food Health and Safety regulations.

Skills

Culinary Experience

Food Handling

Kitchen Management Experience

Food Preparation Experience

Catering

Sanitation

Knife Skills

Education

Senior Sous Chef or Head Chef experience

Job description

As Sous Chef you will play a key role in day-to-day kitchen operations menu delivery and team supervision. Youll help ensure the smooth running of service across our Restaurant while maintaining high standards of food quality hygiene and compliance.

• To ensure food production standards costs and menu planning are carried out in a timely fashion as agreed with the Head Chef
• To assist the HeadChef with compiling food orders and developing new food concept and menu ideas for the restaurant with full autonomy on menu writing and development
• To assist with the smooth and efficient running of our Retail Kitchen overseeing 7 sections from a full salad bar to our special Chef counter.
• To be involved with motivating andmentoringa brigade of around 15 chefs from Sous Chef to Kitchen Porter.
• To work collaboratively with our Group Culinary Lead to drive food innovation and concept development marketing and implementation across our Retail food offering but alongside our Hospitality kitchen too.
• To plan prepare cook and present food to the standards required by the company and the client by taking inspiration
• To assist with responsibility of Food Health and Safety in the kitchen ensuring best practices all due diligence is completed as necessary and any other relevant documentation

Qualifications :

• Experience in a previous role ideally either a Senior Sous chef or Head Chef in a contract catering environment
• Comfortable with delivering 3000 covers a day across Breakfast and Lunch
• Have agood understanding of Food Health & Safety including allergens and nutritional information
• Organised calm under pressure and eager to grow professionally
• Good communication verbally and written
• Passion for food and innovative with new ideas
• Good team management

Additional Information :

As a member of the team you will have access to a supportive and inclusive work environment that encourages growth and celebrates diversity. Investing in your development and provide ongoing training to ensure that you have the skills and knowledge to thrive in your role whilst being dedicated to ensuring your work-life balance thus enabling you to pursue your passion for hospitality while also taking care of yourself.

For almost 20 years for every client in every location (whether thats an office stadium cathedral or university) we have created beautiful spaces exciting menus and friendly teams so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of.

Our drive and belief in our people means that we always strive to supercharge our teams careers. Better is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.

Join us and be part of the food revolution!

Benefits:

• Monday to Friday with 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your birthday off
• 3 volunteering days
• 3 days grandparent leave.
• 24 weeks enhanced maternity leave.
• Secondary career leave.
• Wedding/commitment day leave.
• Free meals on shift.
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
• Pension and life insurance.
• Discounts available from Perkbox app from high street shops to holidays & cinema.
• Wellbeing hub.
• Access to employee assistance programme.
• Cycle to work scheme

Interested Even if you dont meet all requirements we like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn we can work together to develop your potential.

We are committed to encouraging equality diversity and inclusion among our workforce.

The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers and for each team memberto feel respected and able to give their best.

And to support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ED&I (Equity Diversity and Inclusion) ambition to set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Key Skills
Culinary Experience,Food Handling,Restaurant Experience,Kitchen Management Experience,Food Preparation Experience,Kitchen Experience,Labor Cost Analysis,Catering,Cooking,Cost Control,Sanitation,Knife Skills
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1