Dublin On-site Sous Chef — Lead Culinary Excellence

Avoca; Dublin; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Professional Development

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Employee Referral Bonus

Family Friendly Policies

Cycle To Work Scheme

Health & Wellness Programmes

Job summary

Avoca is seeking a Sous Chef to support the Head Chef in all aspects of the kitchen and to help run a seamless kitchen operation in a dynamic, award-winning retail food environment in Ireland. The role requires hands-on leadership and a strong commitment to food safety and quality.

You will work closely with the Head Chef to maintain high culinary standards, supervise chefs, manage stock and rota planning, and ensure excellent service across Avoca’s cafes and food markets.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a kitchen team and coordinating roles.
• Knowledge of HACCP and food safety standards.
• Ability to maintain consistent food quality.

Responsibilities

• Support Head Chef in delivering consistently high quality food to Avoca customers.
• Keeping up to date with new products, recipes, preparation techniques and HACCP requirements.
• Responsible for all health and safety standards and food management systems (HACCP) when the Head Chef is absent.
• Responsible for management of all team members in the kitchen, including supervision of junior chefs, timekeeping, holiday requests, working time legislation requirements and performance management.
• Ensuring stock is properly rotated and ordered in time from suppliers with attention to stock levels.
• Kitchen roster planning and ensuring adequate staff to meet demand; liaising with recruitment as needed.
• Lead and manage a team of chefs within a designated kitchen to achieve goals.
• Communicate with all team members and with colleagues in other sections to ensure total customer satisfaction.
• Maintain high standards of presentation and quality of produce.
• Delegate tasks to team members based on strengths.
• Organise processes and paperwork to keep the kitchen running smoothly.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Delegation

Attention to detail

Organisation

Job description

Avoca is seeking a Sous Chef to support the Head Chef in all aspects of the kitchen and to help run a seamless kitchen operation in a dynamic, award-winning retail food environment in Ireland. The role requires hands-on leadership and a strong commitment to food safety and quality.

You will work closely with the Head Chef to maintain high culinary standards, supervise chefs, manage stock and rota planning, and ensure excellent service across Avoca’s cafes and food markets.