Position Overview
Sous Chef – Bromsgrove
You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It’s a no‑brainer, so you’ll wonder why so many other places don’t do it. We do, and you’ll be doing it with us – fresh, customer‑led, and with high‑quality ingredients.
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, managing stocks, Health & Safety, hygiene, and manning the pass to keep our food on‑spec and on‑time while upholding kitchen standards.
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 (such as an all‑expense‑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 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
What You’ll Bring
* You are probably an existing Sous Chef, or perhaps a Junior Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager looking to take the next step in your career.
* You have experience working with fresh ingredients and can 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 while leading from the front; you play 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.
* You are familiar with KPIs and making decisions in the absence of the Head Chef, considering labour, stock, food safety requirements, and other factors.
* Epic 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, KP, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs, and Sous Chefs.
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