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Corporate Sous Chef - Warwick

Employer
Warwick Castle
Location
Warwick, Warwickshire
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
2 Oct 2019

Corporate Sous Chef


Warwick Castle Resort, Warwick Castle
Warwick, WARWICKSHIRE, CV34 4QU
United Kingdom

 

Britain’s Ultimate Castle is recruiting for a passionate and talented Sous Chef to join our Corporate Events team.

This is an amazing opportunity for fresh ideas, a blank canvas and creative freedom. We are passionate about delivering great food in keeping with the heritage of our superb surroundings with a modern day reality of our guest’s expectations.

Our events calendar is full on throughout the year with between 30-40 weddings a year, medieval themed banquets, intimate formal dinners, conference lunches & pioneering Dragon Slayer evening shows, for a maximum of 150 guests. There are never two days the same!

The right Chef will be ‘feeding the fun’ both for our guests and our growing kitchen team, and have plenty of large C&B catering experience to take our unique offering to the next level with initiative culinary ideas & sound practical cooking techniques.

The ideal Sous Chef will have following skills and experience:

  • Bags of practical kitchen and cooking experience in a similar Sous Chef role.
  • Impeccable standards and timekeeping
  • Be passionate about food safety, and hold a Level 3 Food Hygiene certificate
  • A recognised catering qualification in food preparation, the equivalent of NVQ level 2 or level 3, would be highly desirable.
  • Be a strong team player, and be able to inspire and motivate others
  • A good understanding of IT (be able to amend spread sheets, place online orders, and send emails)
  • Sacks of energy and a real ‘can do’ attitude
  • Experience with menu creation working to pre-set costs
  • Experience with implementing and overseeing food safety & HACCP
  • This is a Permanent Full Time Role. Because of the nature of our business you will be required to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

    Salary 23,000 - 24,500

    You can also look forward to enjoying a great benefits package including

    ·         A Group Personal Pension Plan

    ·         Merlin Magic pass (20 free passes to any Merlin Entertainments attraction after 6 weeks, 40 after a year) for family & friends

    ·         Employee Assistance Programme

    ·         Childcare Vouchers

    ·         25% discount in our retail shops and restaurants

    ·         40% discount online off of LEGO, and much more!

     

    About Merlin

    MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS is the leading name in location-based, family entertainment, and has seen the most successful and dynamic growth of any company in the sector over the last five years. Europe’s Number 1 and the world’s second-largest visitor attraction operator, Merlin now operates over 100 attractions, eleven hotels and three holiday villages in 23 countries, across four continents. The company aims to deliver memorable and rewarding experiences to its 54 million visitors worldwide, through its iconic global and local brands – including Madame Tussauds, SEA LIFE, LEGOLAND and the Coca-Cola London Eye - and the commitment and passion of its managers and 25,000 employees

     

     

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