Sous Chef

Job Title:         Sous Chef

Our client is an exclusive all day dining fine dining restaurant based in the heart of Central London – Oxford Circus.

Guests are truly spoilt for choice with an array of refined lunch time starters/mains and salads along with a separate a la carte menu for dinner service.

The restaurant is hugely successful, and you can expect 180/250 covers consistently seven days per week.

They have two spacious kitchens with all the latest equipment and a driven team 35 chefs.

With the nature of business levels here, the earliest start time would be between 10am/11am.

Sous Chef benefits:

• Completive salary package of £49,000 per annum – basic/tronc included
• Surplus tronc is also distributed to the team.
• An overtime pot of £26,000 per annum which is payable to you personally as £500 per week if you work more than 50 hours on average per week.
• State of the art kitchens!
• Strong management team – multiple Sous Chefs, Head and Executive Head
• modern British/European (refined)
• 35+ within main kitchen and pastry
• Oxford Circus – easy access from most areas.
• 100% cooking from scratch – no corners cut.
• EGO free kitchen – zero tolerance to any abusive or anti-social behaviour.
• 40-hour contract

Sous Chef requirements:

• A highly passionate, competent and hands-on Sous Chef.
• A Sous Chef that is happy to work on sections – leading front the front and motivating a budding team.
• A Sous Chef with a proven background working within professional food led kitchens.
• A Sous Chef that has been fully exposed to cooking from scratch.
• Stability and loyalty to previous employers.
• A strong all rounder and confident Sous Chef.
• Experience cooking modern British cuisine would be desirable.