Sous Chef

Hours: Full-Time

Pay: Up to £34,000.00 per year

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Chef to plan and deliver balanced menus that are offer interest, quality and consistency.
• Produce food that is of a consistently high standard.
• Supervise the work of the other chefs and kitchen porters.
• Manage the kitchen staff rotas and shifts/hours.
• Identify and elevate any current or potential staffing/employment issues as soon as possible.
• Carry out all required checks and controls eg: temperature checks, food storage and stock rotation, stock control, cleaning.
• Store food and cleaning materials correctly.
• Help, support and motivate team members wherever necessary and possible.

Qualifications

• Proven experience at Sous Chef level in a busy kitchen.
• Exceptionally high standards and can lead and inspire their team by example.
• Experience of liaising with suppliers, stock take and ordering, budget and rota/shift management, complaint handling and problem solving to drive the business forward.
• Strong organisational and administrative kitchen management skills.
• Good people management and communication skills.
• Must have a valid Right To Work in the UK.

Benefits

• A share of the tips.
• Free Golf at Thorpeness Golf Club and Hotel.
• 50% off food in all our hotel restaurants.
• B&B in any of our hotels from only £50 per room per night.
• Family discounts.
• Discounted treatments and cost price products at our Weavers' House Spa.
• Hospitality Action - Employee Assistance Programme, Retail Discounts.
• Company pension scheme.
• Tailored company induction and continued training and development opportunities.