Junior Sous Chef

Role Overview

This is a great time to join our team as a Junior Sous Chef. You will assist in spearheading the culinary experience and drive our approach to delivering a high-quality food offering. You will be results driven and support the Head Chef while working closely with supply chain partners, in house centralised services, and on property kitchen and front of house teams to continue developing, researching, and implementing appropriate efficiency and quality changes across all outlets.

You will embrace every opportunity to create extra special moments for our guests and provide a personal experience that our guests will want to share.

Main Responsibilities

• Assist in managing all food and sundry costs through rigorous stock control measures
• Analyse and present monthly profit and loss commentaries with follow on corrective activity as directed by the Head Chef
• Assist with daily/weekly payroll and food cost analysis in accordance with forecasted and materialised revenue levels to ensure optimal performance, with overspend corrected within the same trading period as directed by the Head Chef
• Assist the Head Chef in developing a multi skilled culinary team that delivers cluster payroll flexibility with minimal tiers
• Be highly visible at key service periods, focusing attention to detail on culinary delivery
• Maintain team focus on the customers' needs with service personalisation

About you

We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our team. To excel within this role, you will have:

• Clear and influencing communicators with the ability to interact across all levels
• Possess a sales and profit driven mentality
• Assist in building and developing a guest centric team culture
• Ability to identify and manage best resources to assist in achieving targets
• Food Safety Management and Professional Cookery qualification at level 2 or above
• Coaching, supporting, challenging mentality that delivers operational results
• Create an open environment

Benefits

You will receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which include:

• 29 days holiday
• Training and development from day one
• Employee events and celebrations
• In house company interactive employee communication app
• Entry to our state of the art gym and pools
• Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working
• Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme
• Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date
• £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team

Additional Benefits After 3 Months

• Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform "Treat Yourself Here", unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family
• Involvement in our employee recognition schemes
• Long service recognition
• Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two
• 50% discount in our restaurants
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family
• Spa treatments and product discounts
• Life Assurance cover

This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. However, candidates who were granted Skilled Worker status prior to 22 July 2025 who have had continuous permission may still qualify for sponsorship.