Junior Sous Chef – Café 181

Named after our address of the iconic store, Café 181 is the location of our staff restaurant for a quick cup of tea or a freshly cooked meal. The Café 181 production kitchen also produces the finest cakes and deli items for our Lower Ground Food Hall.

We are currently looking for an experienced Sous Chef to join our staff restaurant. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to work in a busy restaurant working with the finest ingredients, and leading a team.

Key Accountabilities:

• Working with the Senior Team to ensure the food is delivered to the highest standard in the section of responsibility
• Coach and develop CDP’S and Commis Chefs to ensure their skills are being enhanced, leading by example
• Check the Section for standards regularly ensuring that all audits and temperature checks are completed
• Take ownership of the stocktake and feedback any key indicators to the Head chef
• Pre-empt any pinch points within the kitchen, and highlight them to your line manager
• Work with the Senior Chefs to help produce monthly reporting for the Kitchen
• Work closely with the Restaurant team to ensure a collaborative partnership between front and back of house
• Communicate effectively ensuring that the teams are aware of the menu
• Demonstrate high levels of planning, organising, and time management to drive the operational execution across the section
• Ensure adherence to company policies, controls and standards (e.g. due diligence, cleanliness, and HSE)
• Monitor and maintain inventory, ensuring these are highlighted to the Senior Chefs

We expect the successful candidate to have the following skills and experience:

• Experience as a Junior Sous Chef within a quality restaurant.
• Willing to learn and grow as well as teach
• Passionate about food
• Have excellent longevity with your past employers
• Maintaining Food Safety standards

We are committed to developing your career and nurturing your talent, regardless of age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; sexual orientation. We respect and embrace each other’s differences, to create a truly inclusive environment.

In the last year alone, our people have been recognised and celebrated, winning awards for their outstanding contributions to Retail, Technology, Global Hospitality & Tourism, Visual Merchandising & Display, Customer Service and Local Community Awards