Sous Chef - Wotton-under-edge

Equipment Sales & Service Limited.; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great training and development

Life assurance

Personal development opportunities

Wellbeing programme

Holiday purchase scheme

Discount vouchers

Job summary

Compass Group UK&I is seeking an ambitious Sous Chef to join our team and help deliver exceptional food experiences. This full-time role (37.5 hours per week) focuses on fresh ingredients, creativity, and maintaining a high standard of service across a dynamic kitchen.

You will work closely with a passionate team, drive improvements in food service, manage stock and waste, and ensure rigorous hygiene and safety standards are met while supporting budget targets and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Ambitious Sous Chef with a passion for fresh ingredients.
• Experience in high-volume kitchen environments is desirable.
• Ability to work under pressure and maintain quality.
• Strong timekeeping and reliability with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Preparing delicious, high-quality food that delights clients and customers.
• Identifying opportunities to improve food service and efficiency.
• Creating a positive kitchen environment where the team feels welcomed.
• Supporting the team with ordering, stock control and reducing waste.
• Overseeing kitchen cleaning to maintain hygiene standards.
• Helping manage budgets and achieve financial targets.
• Complying with Food Handling, Hygiene and Health & Safety regulations.

Skills

Ambitious Sous Chef

Creative cooking

Fresh ingredients

Team collaboration

Timekeeping

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Sous Chef to help us create exceptional food experiences for CH&CO on a full time basis, contracted to 37.5 hours per week. As a Sous Chef, you will be working alongside a truly passionate team to create an outstanding culinary experience. If you are an innovative and creative Sous Chef, passionate about using top quality fresh ingredients, and looking for a role which can offer both work life balance and career development - we want to hear from you! In return we offer support and development to progress within a company that invests in its people, celebrates individuality, and rewards and recognises employees who go beyond the plate. Working with us has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits and development opportunities:

• Great operational training and development
• Life assurance scheme
• Personal Development and Training opportunities - We are passionate about our growing team
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers

Could you bring your spark to CH&CO? Here's what you need to know before applying: Your key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing delicious, high-quality food that delights our clients and customers
• Identifying opportunities to improve our food service
• Creating a positive kitchen environment where your team feel welcomed and supported
• Supporting the team in delivering our tasty food concepts to our customers
• Representing Compass Group UK& I and maintaining a positive brand image
• Supporting the team with ordering food, stock control and controlling food waste
• Overseeing kitchen cleaning responsibilities to maintain hygiene standards
• Supporting the team to manage budgets and successfully meet financial targets
• Complying with Food Handling and Hygiene standards
• Complying with Health and Safety regulations
• Have a desire to success in your role
• Possess the ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrate exceptional timekeeping and reliability
• Passionate about great tasting food