Junior Sous Chef – England

Type: Trainee
Region: Eastern

Junior Sous Chef – EnglandCompany Description

Up to 26,000

Term time only, includes occasional evenings and weekends

Brentwood School is one of the leading Independent schools in the UK with excellent facilities, catering for 1700 pupils and 300 staff/teachers daily. With food at the heart of every pupil’s development, we are looking to recruit an organised, experience and enthusiastic junior sous chef to support the executive, head and sous chefs in delivering exceptional quality food, with a creative flair and attention to details. Brentwood school is a great place to work with a real community sense and an excellent leadership team.

Holroyd Howe is one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school. Can you commit to feeding hungry tummies as well as hungry minds? We serve more than just a meal in our kitchens, so are you the exceptional Junior sous chef we’re looking for? If you are looking for an employer that will invest in you and develop your career further, then look no further and apply!

Job Description

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To ensure food production, standards, costs & menu planning are carried out in a timely fashion, as agreed with the Head Chef.
• To carry out the smooth and efficient running of the section as appropriate.
• To assist the Head Chef and sous chef with compiling food orders and developing new food concepts.
• To plan, prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by the company and the client.
• To ensure that the company’s reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers.

CLIENT SERVICE:

• To ensure that customers are given a prompt and efficient service and expectations are consistently exceeded.
• To be customer focused at all times; approachable and quick to exceed expectations in fulfilling customer needs.
• To ensure all food is cooked, presented and served in line with company standards, using innovation in the method and style of presentation and food service.

PEOPLE:

• To assess kitchen team performance and recognise training needs and potential as appropriate.

• To assist in the development of the kitchen team by empowering it, supporting it, encouraging it and maintaining an ‘open door’ policy.
• To motivate and lead by example, ensuring you and your team have fun at work and are proud of your efforts.
• To treat your team at location as you would expect to be treated.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT:

• To ensure all financial controls, costings, wastage and orders are met within the client budget.
• To ensure purchasing is made using nominated suppliers and a system for quality and credit controls is maintained.

HEALTH & SAFETY, FOOD SAFETY, THE ENVIRONMENT:

• To ensure that the kitchen meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislation and procedures.
• To ensure all equipment is well maintained and is in good working order.
• To ensure safe working practices are followed and equipment faults are reported to the Head Chef.
• To ensure that all company procedures and work instructions are fully understood and practised by all employees.
• To promote and encourage environmental improvement initiatives as appropriate within the business.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To ensure compliance with the company’s policy on safer recruitment and safeguarding children and young adults at all times whilst at work.
• To take responsibility for contributing towards your own development with the guidance of the Head Chef and attending training courses as identified.
• To show commitment to company values in all aspects of your role.
• To act as a positive ambassador for the business.
• To attend to any reasonable request made by the client or Holroyd Howe Management.
• To assist / deputise for the Head Chef.

Qualifications

Attainments – Essential

GCSE level education or above

NVQ qualification or equivalent

Good craft skills background

Successful progressive background in catering

Food Hygiene Certificate

Ability to display a real passion for food and customer service

Desirable

Successful progressive background in education catering

General intelligence – Essential

Good organisational skills

Ability to plan ahead

Ability to work on own initiative

Good communicator at all levels

Desirable

Good numeracy skills

Demonstrate analytical approach to problem solving

Special aptitudes – Essential

Good delegation and influencing skills

Flair and innovative with menus and food presentation

Good listening skills

Desirable

Proficient at working with computers

Disposition – Essential

Smart clean appearance, high standard of personal hygiene

Confident, lively and outgoing personality

Approachable, friendly and cheerful

Respectful and able to gain respect

Must be suitable to work with/around children

Desirable

Keen to continue self development within current role and ambition for further promotion or growth

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us and we provide our employees with bespoke benefits which include:

• Free meals whilst at work
• Career development opportunities
• HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels
• Reward & recognition schemes
• People awards to celebrate our employees
• Work/life balance
• Employee Benefits Platform
• Employee Assistance Program
• Recommend a friend scheme
• Company sick pay scheme
• Prestigious working environments
• Team events scheduled throughout the year
• Pension scheme
• We invest in the training and development of our teams to give them the appropriate skills necessary to thrive in their job roles. We have outstanding teams of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children, of all ages, meeting the bespoke requirements of our clients.

“Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe are regarded as regulated activity and therefore we require an Enhanced DBS which includes a Barred List Check for all successful applicants. We will also require shortlisted applicants to provide appropriate information regarding their criminal offences.”

This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.

Job Types: Full-time, Term time only, Permanent

Salary: Up to 26,000 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Gym membership
• On-site parking
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Evening shift
• Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

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