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You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients.
Position: Sous Chef
As Sous Chef, you'll be the Head Chef's go-to for support, leading and engaging the kitchen team to deliver 14 great shifts week in, week out.
You'll be leading shifts, ensuring the kitchen runs effectively and safely. You'll focus on details like stocks, Health & Safety, Hygiene, manning the pass to ensure our food goes out on-spec and on-time, and upholding 5-star kitchen standards.
The Good Stuff
* Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours
* Staff food on every shift
* 50% off staff discount from day one
* 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), pro-rata
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years of service
* Annual staff party - Loungefest
* Competitions and incentives, including trips with suppliers
* Company pension scheme
* Long service awards
* Power over your pay with Wagestream
* Support via the Licenced Trade Charity
* Opportunities for personal development and career progression
* Tips shared equally based on hours worked
* Christmas and Boxing Day off
What you'll bring
* Experience as a Sous Chef or Junior Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager, ready to take the next step
* Experience working with fresh ingredients and strong chef skills (food prep, hygiene, knife skills)
* A proactive work ethic, leading from the front and maintaining high standards
* Driven and relentless in overcoming challenges
* Familiarity with KPIs, labour, stock, and food safety decision-making
* Excellent communication skills to manage stakeholders and build trust
* Knowledge of rota scheduling, sales, labour forecasts, reporting, recruitment, HR
* Experience in training and recruiting kitchen staff, including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs, and Sous Chefs
If you'd like to learn more, follow us on LinkedIn or @life.at.loungers on TikTok and Instagram.
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