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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.
Role: 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 are meticulous about details like stocks, Health & Safety, Hygiene, manning the pass to ensure our food goes out on-spec and on-time, and always upholding 5-star kitchen standards. You'll be on it, like a chef's bonnet.
The Good Stuff
* Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours
* Staff food on every shift
* 50% off staff discount from day one outside working hours
* 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), pro-rata
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years of service
* The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!
* Competitions and incentives, including all-expenses-paid trips with our suppliers
* Company pension scheme
* Long service awards
* Power over your pay with Wagestream
* Support via the Licensed Trade Charity
* Opportunities for personal development and career progression in a fast-growing business
* Tips shared equally based on hours worked
* Christmas and Boxing Day off
What you'll bring
* Likely an existing Sous Chef or a Junior Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager aiming to advance their career
* Experience working with fresh ingredients and demonstrating good chef skills (food prep, cleaning, knife skills, hygiene)
* A proactive work ethic, leading from the front and delivering high standards as part of a high-performing team
* Driven and relentless in overcoming challenges
* Familiar with KPIs and decision-making in the absence of the Head Chef, considering labour, stock, food safety, etc.
* Excellent communication skills to manage stakeholders and build trust with Ops Chefs and Ops Managers
* Strong 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 about us, follow us on LinkedIn or @life.at.loungers on TikTok and Instagram.
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