Sous Chef - No late nights!
Posted 13 hours ago by Colicci
Colicci is a family run hospitality brand, proudly serving London's iconic green spaces with exceptional coffee, fresh ingredients, and high quality café dining. Our cafés are bustling community hubs, offering a vibrant menu crafted with care.
We're looking for a skilled and motivated Sous Chef to support the Head Chef in leading the kitchen team, maintaining high standards, and delivering outstanding food. If you thrive in a fast paced kitchen environment, have a passion for fresh, seasonal ingredients, and enjoy mentoring junior chefs, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing:- Supporting the Head Chef - ensuring smooth kitchen operations and high food quality.
- Supervising food safety & hygiene standards - maintaining a safe, clean and compliant kitchen.
- Preparing high quality dishes - using fresh, seasonal ingredients to create our signature café menu.
- Training & mentoring junior chefs - helping to develop skills and maintain consistency.
- Managing food prep & cooking - ensuring consistency, speed, and presentation standards.
- Overseeing stock management - supporting ordering, stock take, entering stock, and stock reconciliation.
- Ensuring kitchen organisation - keeping a clean, efficient, and well stocked work environment.
- Working as part of a team - supporting colleagues to keep operations running smoothly.
- A skilled & passionate chef - with previous experience as a Sous or Senior Chef de Partie.
- A hands on team player - supporting the Head Chef and leading by example.
- A quality obsessed cook - who takes pride in using fresh, seasonal ingredients.
- An organised & efficient operator - experienced in stock control, waste management, and food cost control.
- A problem solver - able to think on your feet and handle the unexpected.
- A flexible & adaptable attitude - happy to work weekends and peak periods like school holidays.
- Competitive salary - proud to be a Living Wage employer.
- No late nights - most of our locations close by 5pm during winter hours and 7pm during summer.
- Free food & hot beverages on shift - choose a menu item of your choice.
- Paid breaks - for all team members.
- Exciting career growth - be part of a thriving, growing business.
- Team discounts - enjoy 40% off across all our sites.
- A supportive team culture - where passion thrives.
Please note that unfortunately this role does not qualify for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK that does not require sponsorship.
If you're a motivated Sous Chef looking for an exciting new opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.