Sous Chef

Job Introduction

• 40 hours per week

• Monday to Friday

• 7:00am-3:30pm

• £19.23 per hour

• Site Specific Benefits

• Opportunities for career development

• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Sous Chef
London W2 6BD - Full time

A recipe for success; Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.

At Sodexo, you'll belong in a team and thrive in service. We know that our talented chefs are the key to delivering exceptional service and tasteful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

Build a name with big-brand businesses and corporate clients, delivering high-quality nutritious meals for boardroom lunches, executive events, and daily workplace dining. This role calls for an experienced Sous Chef who can lead the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef, maintain exceptional standards, and deliver outstanding food in a fast-paced, client-focused environment while driving commercial success.

What you'll do:

• Support and deputise for the Head Chef, leading the kitchen team in their absence

• Deliver high-quality food production across workplace dining, hospitality and events

• Ensure food is prepared and presented to company recipes, specifications and quality standards

• Manage food purchasing, stock control, storage and minimise waste in line with budget targets

• Lead, motivate and develop the kitchen brigade, promoting a positive one-team culture

• Ensure full compliance with food safety, allergen management, health & safety and company procedures

• Monitor kitchen cleanliness, audits and documentation to maintain excellent compliance standards

• Support menu development by introducing fresh ideas and seasonal concepts

• Plan staffing levels and daily operations to meet business demands efficiently

• Lead daily briefings and chef meetings when required while ensuring excellent communication across the team

What you'll bring:

• Minimum two years' experience as a Sous Chef within a high-volume catering environment

• Professional Cookery qualification (City & Guilds Level 2 or equivalent)

• Strong knowledge of food safety, allergen management and health & safety legislation

• Experience managing food production, stock control and kitchen compliance

• Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills

• Strong IT skills and the ability to work to budgets and commercial targets

• A solution-focused approach with excellent multitasking abilities

• Experience within Business & Industry catering is advantageous

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support

• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing

• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service

• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers

• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan

• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools

• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit

• Sodexo UK and Ireland's enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability Network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We're a Disability Confident Leader employer. We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Feed our customers and we'll fuel your career.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.