Sous Chef - New Opening - Welwyn Garden City
This is an exciting opportunity to join our new opening and become part of one of the most successful restaurant groups in the UK. You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer – we do it, and you’ll be doing it with us, fresh, customer‑led, and with high-quality ingredients.
Responsibilities
* Support and advise the Head Chef.
* Lead and engage the kitchen team to deliver 14 great shifts week in, week out.
* Lead shifts, ensuring the kitchen runs effectively and safely.
* Oversee stocks, Health & Safety and Hygiene.
* Manning the pass to deliver food on‑spec and on‑time, always upholding kitchen standards.
What you’ll bring
* Experience as a Sous Chef, Junior Sous Chef or Assistant Kitchen Manager looking to advance.
* Experience working with fresh ingredients and ability to demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices).
* A strong work ethic, rolling sleeves up, leading from the front and delivering excellent kitchen and food standards.
* Driven and relentless at deconstructing the "can't" mentality.
* Familiar with KPIs and making decisions in the absence of the Head Chef, considering labour, stock, food safety requirements, etc.
* Excellent communication skills with ability to manage stakeholders and build rapport and trust with Ops Chefs and Ops Managers.
* Strong knowledge of best practice around rota scheduling, sales and labour forecasts, reporting, recruitment and HR.
* Demonstrated successful delivery of training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs and Sous Chefs.
Benefits
* Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours.
* Staff food on every shift and 50% off food and drinks (including alcohol) from day one at all three of our brands – Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside.
* Paid breaks.
* 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata.
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service.
* Company pension scheme.
* Long service awards.
* Power over your pay with Wagestream.
* Emotional and practical support via the licensed Trade Charity.
* Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast growing business.
* Achievable bonuses.
* Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked.
* Christmas and Boxing Day off.
* Company party – Loungefest.
* Competitions and incentives (e.g. a trip with one of our suppliers).
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