Sous Chef - Central London
Job Introduction
We currently have an opportunity for a Sous Chef to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.
Role Responsibility
As a Sous Chef you will be responsible for:
- Assisting with the day to day running of the kitchen and deputising in the absence of the Executive Chef
- Executing corporate hospitality and fine dining to the highest level.
- Menu planning
- Ordering food
- Kitchen administration
- Health and Safety and Allergen compliance
- Delivering team briefings
- Craft training activities
The Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate for this role will have:
- Relevant NVQ Level 2 & 3 or equivalent
- Proven technical experience in a Sous Chef role within a food driven corporate hospitality environment, restaurant or hotel.
- Possess good knowledge of operational health & safety
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in high volume catering as well as fine dining experience
- Intermediate or Advance Food Hygiene
- Health & Safety qualifications are an advantage
Package Description
Great opportunity to join the OSR brigade! If you are passionate about food and driven to deliver then you will fit in perfectly.
About the Company
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.
We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support exforces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.
Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.