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Sous Chef

Job Reference SDX/TP/451298/65721

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Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Permanent – Full Time
Salary:
32k
Working Hours:
40
Location:
London Waterloo
Closing Date:
31/08/2021
Job Category:
Chefs
Sodexo Segment:
UK Energy & Resources

Package Description

  • 32k salary
  • Benefits...

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more!

Job Introduction

About the role...

Sodexo’s Energy & Resources team serves clients across specialist industries: oil & gas; mining and engineering; construction plus other energy sectors.

We have a dedicated team of 2,000 employees working at over 80 sites in the UK & Ireland region - often in isolated locations both on and offshore.

Onshore and offshore operations are coordinated from our Energy & Resources segment headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Click here to find our more about careers with Energy & Resources and check out this video all about life at Sodexo:

Main Responsibilities

  • Supervise a kitchen brigade of 8 chefs and KP's.
  • Food offer includes, Street Food, Modern Classics, Deli & Salad Chop Shop and occasional hospitality supervision. 
  • To maintain standards, company policies and procedures.
  • To lead the kitchen, manage and maintain in the absence of Head Chef.
  • Oversee Hospitality and support with production as and when required.
  • Drive profitability for both site and client through excellence in execution.
  • Support the delivery of excellent food preparation and delivery within hospitality and Events.
  • Working in line to budgetary targets & controls set out by the contract and Line Manager.
  • Managing the delivery of all food production.
  • Maintain all food safety / health and safety management systems within your work areas.
  • Responsible for all opening and closing procedures within designated areas.
  • Ensure Food production/preparation and quality meets company standards.
  • Manage food purchasing and storage.
  • To use strong leadership skills to motivate the brigade.
  • To hold chef’s meetings in the absence of either Head Chefs.
  • To be responsible for ensuring that all staff are briefed on Allergens and documentation completed prior to every service.

The Ideal Candidate

  • Experience within a Sous Chef Role (minimum 2 years)
  • Experience in High Volume environment
  • B&I experience advantageous
  • 7061/7062 or equivalent as a minimum
  • IT skills
  • Strong communications skills
  • Desirable
  • Experience working in a standards /compliance environment
  • Demonstrative customer focus and service skills

About The Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation.

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 are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.