We are looking for a personable and conscientious chef to join our team as our Sous Chef. As a rodizio restaurant our back of house teams are split in to two; the kitchen and the grill. Our meats are prepared and cooked in the grill section by the grill team, whilst the kitchen team take responsibility for creating our a la carte dishes, side dishes, desserts and vegetarian options to be delivered to our guests.
As the Sous Chef you will oversee the running of both departments, alongside the Had Chef, ensuring high levels of guest care at all times, our meats and kitchen prepared dishes are cooked to the highest standards as well as acting as a role model for your team.
We believe that it is our people that make the difference and help us stand out as being the best. If you are passionate, warm and genuine, we want to hear from you. You will need to be a strong communicator, a team player, have the willingness to learn, show great initiative and share our values of providing the highest quality of service and products to all of our guests.
What we expect from our Sous Chef
The ideal Sous Chef will possess:
- Management experience in a kitchen environment
- A passion for preparing, cooking, and serving high quality meats
- A passion for preparing creative and attractively presented dishes
- A high level of product and food hygiene knowledge
- A clean-as-you-go approach and natural concern for cleanliness and hygiene
- A strong understanding of and belief in teamwork
- An understanding of the importance of stock control and wage budgets while ensuring the customer experience is never compromised
- A proactive leadership style and good people skills, adaptive to a diverse working environment
- Confidence and adaptability in communications with the team and with senior management, receiving instructions courteously and delegating appropriately and politely.
The successful person will need to demonstrate the following attributes:
- Inspiring – sharing your passion for the brand and experience with both our team and guests
- Resilience – operating in this sector is challenging. Therefore, you will need to stay positive with a glass half full mentality
- Compassion – a real people person. Someone who can build relationships with colleagues and candidates with ease
- Ownership – able to manage competing demands and deliver results
- Efficient – Able to work at pace while maintaining high standards
