Sous Chef - Up to £40,000 OTE

Young's; Bristol; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading pub group as a Sous Chef in Bristol, where you'll support the Head Chef in delivering top-quality dishes and managing a dynamic kitchen team. This role offers opportunities for personal development, creativity, and a chance to shine in the culinary scene.

Benefits

Birthdays off

Access to Chef development programmes

Culinary masterclasses

Food trips with suppliers

Chef forums

Free meals

20% discount at all Young’s pubs

Enhanced Company Pension Scheme

28 days holiday per year

Qualifications

• Experience as a Sous Chef or Senior CDP.
• Passion for leading and developing a kitchen team.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver quality food consistently.

Responsibilities

• Lead kitchen team and maintain standards during busy service.
• Manage staff rota, training, and health and safety.
• Collaborate with Head Chef to create new dishes.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team Management

Creativity

Planning

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From Sun-Soaked Summers to Fireside Winters – We’re Looking for a Sous-Chef Hungry for the Challenge and Ready to Make Their Mark

When the sun’s shining, our huge garden comes alive with guests — full of laughter, pints, and plates served fast. It’s a buzzing summer hotspot just waiting for a kitchen leader, supporting our head chef who can rise to the challenge and lead from the front. And when winter arrives, it’s all about roaring log fires, cosy corners, and heartwarming classics cooked to perfection.

What’s On Your Plate:

• Staying cool: Lead the kitchen team with confidence, clarity, and calm, especially when our huge garden is bustling.
• Ownership: Our head chef owns their menu with full autonomy — from classic pub staples to seasonal specials
• Ambition: Work closely with our Head Chef to provide the best pub food in the area. Driving our pub to the next level.
• Standards: Maintain impeccable hygiene and safety standards.
• Focus: Relentless drive to smash GP and sales targets.
• Camraderie: Take the reins with your team's development, using company training ensuring your team is the best they can be.

What we offer our Sous Chefs:

• Birthdays off.
• Access to our Sous Chef - Head Chef development Programme: the majority of our head chefs are internal appointments
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
• Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
• Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers
• Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs/Sous Chefs to inspire and develop
• Free meals
• 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
• Share save Scheme
• Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
• 28 Days Holiday per year

What we look for in a Sous Chef:

This role requires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and lead by example whilst being able to maintain delicious, consistent plates of food.

• Have experience championing excellent service through quality food either as a Sous Chef.
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing a team
• Be an active hands-on team player with excellent communication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times.
• Be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability 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

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

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