Young's Sous Chef

Youngs; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

From £15.50 per hour

Build your own rota

Apprenticeship Scheme & Development

Accruing holidays

20% discount in Young’s pubs

Share Save Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

Free meals during the shift

Job summary

The Ram Agency is Young’s internal agency enabling you to pick your shifts and build your rota to suit your lifestyle. You will be employed by Young’s, enjoying the benefits of full employment and the flexibility to work when you want.

The role of Agency Sous Chef offers a competitive hourly rate from £15.50 with free meals during shifts and access to development programmes. You will lead a kitchen team, design and deliver fresh dishes, manage rota, training and health & safety, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Experience championing excellent service through quality food
• Strong leadership and team development abilities
• Hands-on chef with excellent communication and organisational skills

Responsibilities

• Manage kitchen staff rota, training, and health & safety to ensure smooth operation
• Design and deliver new dishes for menus and daily specials
• Collaborate with Head Chef to maintain food quality and consistency
• Drive sales and growth through engagement with kitchen and front-of-house teams
• Maintain controls on GP and labour, ensuring efficient kitchen operations
• Lead by example as a proactive, hands-on chef during shifts

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Communication

Food quality

People management

Organisational skills

Education

Sous Chef experience

Job description

Agency Sous Chef

About us:

The Ram Agency is Young’s very own internal agency, giving you the power to pick your working hours! You’ll be looked after by our excellent General Manager, Monse, and simply hop online to view shifts and build your rota to suit your lifestyle. We have shifts available daily, across our estate of over 270 pubs. You will be employed by Young's; have all the benefits of being employed with us and all the flexibility that allows you to work when you want to!

What we offer our Sous Chefs:

• From £15.50 per hour
• Build your own rota
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme, Development Programmes and Chef Academy
• Accruing holidays
• 20% discount in all Young’s pubs
• Share Save Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Free meals during the shift

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 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 always
• 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 regarding both GP and labour
• Have a proactive approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front-of-house teams

"We believe in developing our people to delight our customers"