sous chef
20 the last 93 days, recently 2023-10-09
Responsibility
- vacancy Date
- lexington is an award-winning contract caterer that focus on providing great food and service to customers
- to ensure all daily tasks are carried out to a highest standard
Show more +46 - ensure full area of responsibility is clean, appropriately presented and stocked at all times
- maintain and achieve catering budgeted targets and costs as stipulated by Head Chef and the management team
- to produce and present food alone and in conjunction with the kitchen team, maximising customer appeal, and where possible exceeding expectation
- supervise kitchen staff and to encourage self-development
- being able to lead hands on approach and deputise in the absence of the head chef
- responsible for assisting senior sous and head hospitality chef for smooth service delivery
- maintain and achieve catering budgeted targets and costs as stipulated by head chef and the management team
- to produce and present consistent high standards of food for both high end fine dining and hospitality cafe
- produce and present consistent high standards of food
- input to menu planning and design of creative food service in line with our budgets
- responsible for producing food for partner’s dining and fine dining as per Head chef’s direction
- assist the Head chef with menu planning, daily ordering stock taking and workload plans for retail & hospitality areas
- as Sous Chef, you will play an important role in overseeing the daily operations of the kitchen
- serving and replenishing the evening food offering from 6pm-8pm
- to assist with ordering, costing, recipes and stocktaking on daily basis
- be responsible for smooth operation of relevant equipment reporting any maintenance issues in line with procedures
- understand the business needs and requirements
- provide the highest possible standards of innovative Hospitality food
- operate the till point as required throughout service, ensuring correct procedures are used
- to do this we need fabulous people and we work hard to create an environment where our team members feel engaged, inspired, valued and enjoy what they do
- to support head chef with menu planning and costing
- assist Executive Chef and Head Chef with menu compilation and costing as required
- support head chef with menu planning and costing
- showing ability to order and control food stocks alongside Head Chef
- take Responsibly for ordering for the evening food offer
- at Lexington we dare to be different with our food and the way we work. Our values are a representation of who we are and through our values we encourage our people to be themselves, to be creative and to be bold
- shift Pattern; 40 Hours Mon-Fri
- deputise in the absence of the head chef to ensure that standards are maintained to the highest level
- assist with innovation and creation of new dining concepts
- ensure all complaint handling is dealt with professionally and in line with procedures
- ad-hoc duties to support the catering team and services
- to ensure all complaint handling is dealt with professionally and in line with procedures
- we are looking for an experienced Sous Chef to join our team with one of our prestigious clients, to support the head chef in providing high quality food, day-to-day operations and overall running of the kitchen
- assist maintaining all legal health, hygiene and safety records
- input new ideas and food styles to assist in maintaining customer satisfaction
- any ad-hoc duties to support the catering team and service
- adhoc duties to support the catering team and services
- shift and work pattern; Full time, term time only, weekends off
- shift and pattern; 40 hours, Monday- Friday
- shift & work pattern; 40 hours
- shift Pattern; 40 hours a week
- work with Head Chef to ensure offer is always fresh and current
- skills & Experience
- basic knowledge of pastry skills, experience in hospitality and flexible attitude to work
- quarterly visits to Fat Macy’s working along side their team learning recipes and techniques to bring to site and showcasing through the menu and offering
- skills and experience
Requirements
- to supervise kitchen staff and to encourage self-development
- job Knowledge, Technical Knowledge, Expertise, Customer Service, Administrative and Result Orientated
- effective Communicator; Verbal and Non-Verbal , Team Worker, Team Builder, Persuasiveness, Flexibility
Show more +30 - proven experience of working within a fast paced kitchen and managing large teams
- genuine interest in customer service excellence
- experience in producing a high volume, yet creative and fresh, food offering
- excellent customer service
- proven experience of successfully managing a team & strong team player
- to produce and present consistent high standards of food
- excellent communication skills & strong team player
- A great team player
- up to date with current food trends and dining scene
- confident contact suppliers and ordering
- experience in hospitality
- to understand the business needs and requirements
- strong organisational skills
- catering experience desirable but not essential
- fine dining and pastry skills desirable but not essential
- catering experience desirable but not essentialBenefits
- examples of introducing innovational food concepts in pervious work
- great team player
- previous contract catering experience is essential
- contract Catering experience desirable
- highly motivated with the ability to work under your own initiative
- to deputise in the absence of the head chef to ensure that standards are maintained to the highest level
- keen eye for detail
- hospitality chef experience essential
- management skills – leadership, delegation, achievement orientated, motivated, staff development focus, analysis and problem solving, planning & organising, decisiveness & judgement
- good communication skills
- previous Hospitality chef experience essential
- experience in high end hospitality and fine dining
- sous Chef Salary- £35,000
- sous Chef Salary- £31,500
high salary - 13% higher than the average in this position
Earnings for position sous chef
sous chef - How much money do you make working at this position?
Average salary at company LEXINGTON CATERING is 2833£.
The national average salary is 2400£.
1400 £
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2350 £
Average
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3300 £
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