SOUS CHEF

About the role

We’re seeking a skilled and passionate Sous Chef to join our team at our Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus in Golders Green. You’ll be working in a high-spec kitchen with top-quality equipment, including Rational iCombi ovens, and working in an established and high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring we deliver an excellent service to our customers, creating an inviting and pleasant environment.
• Ensuring all food produced is to the agreed standard, developing innovative approaches ensuring market trends, cultural requirements and Kashrut laws are met.
• Ensuring all food hygiene and Health & Safety practices are monitored, met, and recorded in line with organisational policies and current legislations.
• Working within the agreed budget, administering unit controls in line with budget and consistently seeking and implementing ways of improving the quality and cost effectiveness of the service.
• Leading, motivating, and encouraging team building to ensure agreed qualitative outcomes are achieved and customer service expectations are exceeded and maintained.
• Deputising for the Head Chef in their absence and comply with their responsibilities.

Requirements

• Appropriate supervisory experience and relevant qualifications pertaining to the safe delivery of Food & Hygiene or Catering Services. NVQ Level 2 or 3
• Energetic, passionate, and proactive attitude
• Experience of working to deadlines and adhering to budgetary requirements.
• Understands the challenge of and sensitivity needed to care and support vulnerable people

Qualifications

• Not specified

Skills

• Not specified

Benefits

• Free soup and sandwich during shifts
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounted gym membership, and shopping discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing support, and access to a 24/7 GP
• Company sick pay and 4% employer pension contributions

Pay

• Not specified

Schedule

• 40 hours per week working Monday to Friday and may include some weekends as required.