Barons – Winners at the 2026 Publican Awards – Best Pub Employer!
The Curious Pig, Copthorne, near Crawley, RH10 3HY
Experienced Junior Sous Chef
Accomodation is £110 per week - a double room in a shared flat aboove the pub
Earn up to £40,000 per annum package (salary + tronc service charge)
Barons Pubs are an independent, fresh food Pub/Restaurant group with 11 sites across Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire.
What’s in it for you…
* Flexible shifts - weekends/evenings/daytimes - good work life balance
* Excellent training opportunities - L3 Food Safety, L3 Health & Safety, Management Diploma, Training Skills, First Aid, Fire Warden...and much more
* Team-building days, staff parties, industry days out to breweries and gin distilleries and regular company events
* Long-service gifts and rewards because we value our employees
* Dedicated resources to support with your health and total well-being
* Staff discount - 50% of your food bill in all 11 sites and meals provided whilst on duty
* Safety shoes and first set of uniform provided
* Employee of the month - win a £50 voucher
* Refer a Chef incentive - earn yourself £s
* We offer Wagestream - access to your pay as you earn it and shopping discounts
* Nest pension contributions and holiday pay
What we expect...
Our Junior Sous Chefs are committed and passionate about their teams and about the food that they serve. For a successful application, You will need to have had some previous experience of working in a high-volume kitchen – delivering dishes to company time standards and specification and managing teams of up to 5 (Chefs and KPs) on a busy service.
A key factor of your success will be the ability to remain calm under pressure, and have the qualities to lead and motivate the team to consistently produce great food.
* You will have a solid commitment to mentoring and developing teams, and a keen eye for detail
* You will assist the Head Chef in providing exceptional food quality and presentation
* You will strive to ensure the kitchen is run professionally, profitably, efficiently and compliantly
At Barons Pubs we embrace diversity and equality whole-heartedly. We are passionate about people and are proud that we build teams with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. The more inclusive we are, the better our workplace will be.
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