Sous Chef - Woking
As a Sous Chef, you will 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 will lead shifts and ensure the kitchen runs effectively and safely. You are relentless about detail, monitoring stocks, Health & Safety, Hygiene, manning the pass to ensure food goes out on‑spec and on‑time, and upholding 5 kitchen standards. You will be on it and ready like a chef’s bonnet.
Benefits
* Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours
* Staff food on every shift
* 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
* The most talked‑about staff party in hospitality – Loungefest
* Competitions and incentives (like an all‑expenses‑paid trip with one of our suppliers)
* Company pension scheme
* Long service awards
* Power over your pay with Wagestream
* Emotional and practical support via the Licenced 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
Qualifications
* You are probably an existing Sous Chef, or perhaps a Junior Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager that is looking to take the next step in your career.
* You will have experience working with fresh ingredients and be able to demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices).
* Your work ethic is rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in and leading from the front – playing an active role in delivering excellent kitchen and food standards as part of a high‑performing team.
* Extremely 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 and other factors.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholders and build rapport and trust (with our Ops Chefs and Ops Managers).
* Strong knowledge of best practice around rota scheduling, sales and labour forecasts, reporting, recruitment, HR, etc.
* You have demonstrated successful delivery of training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs and Sous Chefs.
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