Junior Sous Chef – Stunning Fresh Food Gastro Pub
Location: Wrexham area
Salary: £32,000-33,000 + Gratuities + Benefits
** In order to be considered, you must have quality fresh food experience. Due to public transport restrictions, commuters must driver and have their own car/transport **
Our client, a stunning fresh food gastro pub operation, is looking for a highly skilled, hands-on, passionate Junior Sous Chef with strong quality fresh food experience to assist in the running of their popular operation based in the rural Wrexham area. With their regularly changing menu showcasing their collection of mouth-watering dishes and specials created from fresh locally sourced seasonal produce, this beautiful hidden gem offers a true authentic taste of Wales.
Reporting to the Sous Chef and Head Chef, you will be a natural leader with a huge passion for creating high-end dishes from locally sourced seasonal produce and get a real kick out of coaching, motivating and developing your team leading them on to even greater success! All whilst ensuring that customer satisfaction and quality standards are of paramount priority.
The culture is key to the success of the operation. With this in mind you should be an incredible motivator, trainer, coach and manager of people.
Required Experience:
- Solid hands-on Junior Sous Chef or Sous Chef experience in a high-end, fresh food kitchen.
- Excellent fresh food knowledge and a passion for locally sourced produce.
- A creative flare and experience of creating seasonal dishes from scratch.
- Experience of leading, motivating, training and developing a team of different personalities, levels of creativity and skillsets.
- Good financial knowledge (GPs, revenue, quality/portion control) or at least a knowledge of the impact it has on the business
- Experience of managing a smaller brigade with varying levels of experience
- A great personality - fun, passionate, charismatic, enthusiastic, people-focused and adaptable to all personalities.
- A great communicator - excellent at developing relationships with the kitchen team, front of house team, senior management and others involved
Should you be successful, you will benefit from:
- Base salary of £32,000-33,000 + Gratuities + Company Benefits
- A highly regarded employer and truly special operation
- Friendly working environment
This is a quality company with an excellent reputation and offers great scope for future development.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome all applicants regardless of identity, personal characteristics or background.
Please note: We are expecting a high number of applications for this role and will be in touch with successful candidates within 72 hours of your application. Should you not hear from us within this period, we regret that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.