Sous Chef
Location: Glasgow
Hours of work: 40
Contract Type: Permanent
The Glasgow Campus is a vibrant and dynamic environment, and as facilitators, we play a key role in keeping colleagues safe while ensuring every visit is memorable.
We embrace diversity, inclusion, culture, community, learning, and innovation, creating a workplace where every individual can thrive.
Your empathy and thoughtful approach toward clients, guests, and colleagues make our team truly unique.
As part of the essential campus team, you'll gain in-depth knowledge of the site and become the go-to person for innovative solutions and elevated service delivery.
Job Description
As Sous Chef, reporting to the Lead Food Architect, you will lead the craft team day-to-day, collaborating with the service team to deliver exciting, exceptional, and inspirational culinary experiences.
You will manage the daily shift operations, ensuring food safety and aligning with both customer and company expectations. With your creative flair, passion for food, and keen awareness of culinary trends, you will inspire excellence.
Exceptional organisational and communication skills, combined with your showmanship and dedication, will help shape a memorable food journey for everyone who steps into our space.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the Lead Food Ambassador in delivering the Campus food strategy.
* Oversee daily food and drink service, ensuring high standards and efficiency.
* Lead and inspire the team through daily briefings and hands-on support.
* Collaborate with other departments to deliver engaging campus events.
* Ensure all food and drink leaving the kitchen meets quality specifications.
* Maintain audit readiness across health, safety, finance, and food standards.
* Gather and act on customer feedback to improve service and experience.
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
* SCQF Level 8 or equivalent professional cookery qualification.
* Experience in high-end catering or fast casual food service.
* Strong leadership skills with a focus on operational and service excellence.
* Confident communicator with excellent written and verbal skills.
* IT literate with experience in kitchen systems and reporting tools.
* Innovative and proactive in leading within a dynamic team.
* Able to identify and resolve issues to exceed client expectations.
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it's hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste) religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing resourcing.team@uk.issworld.com
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