Senior Sous Chef - Hotel - N.E. Recruitment : Job Details

Senior Sous Chef, required to work with a dedicated Head Chef at this prestigious hotel located in the Dartford / Wilmington area of Kent, offering top quality fresh food across a range of restaurants, banqueting and menus.

• Shift pattern for the role of Senior Sous Chef, is given as 3 single shifts + 2 double shifts per week

Reporting to the Head Chef the role of the Senior Sous Chef will be primarily responsible for managing the day-to-day kitchen operation, ensuring that food is produced, and the finished dish is served to the highest standard.

Delivering a restaurant menu to inspire local patrons, an afternoon tea menu that encourages loyal local business will all be part of the role in supporting the Head Chef.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with recruitment, training and coaching a team of 12 Chefs and 4 Kitchen Porters.
• The menu planning, supplier resourcing, ordering, delivery, storage, preparation, cooking and service across the range of food areas within the Hotel.
• Ensure effective people management of the kitchen team, including giving recognition, support and training, performance management, scheduling and motivating/coaching team members.
• Development of menu ideas to progress the food offering to achieve rosette standards across all areas of service; restaurant, banqueting, afternoon tea, corporate functions.
• Ensuring daily efficient and effective management of the kitchen, ensuring all dishes are prepared, cooked and served to rosette standards across all menus.
• Oversee the presentation of all food leaving the kitchen to Rosette standards.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP and food hygiene, health, and safety legislation.
• Achieving gross profit targets on dishes to allow for future investment in the facilities and staffing
• Work as a strong and committed team leader and colleague, as well as proactively nurturing relationships with the F&B front of house team and all other departments across the hotel.
• Ensuring your team’s attitudes are positive and relationships are nurtured positively to ensure collaboration with all hotel team members

Requirements for the role of Senior Sous Chef:

• Senior chef experience within a quality hotel restaurant to rosette standards.
• Demonstrate during a cooking trial the practical ability and flair that will be required to drive and motivate others on the team to achieve
• Hold the experience to manage the multi menu requirements and busy banqueting operation.
• Live locally or have the ability to relocate to the area with own transportation.

Salary for role of Senior Sous Chef, is given as (£39,500 + in the region of £1,500 per annum service charge payment paid monthly). 48 hour week.

In addition, you will benefit from a range of company benefits. Transport may be beneficial due to the shifts.

Please send an up to date copy of your Curriculum Vitae.N.E. Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancyWe look forward to receiving all applications however due to the high number of applications we are only able to contact candidates which closely match the level of skills and experience of the requirements of our clients. However for more information or opportunities please contact us or forward your cv for consideration.Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK