Sous Chef - Wordsworth Hotel - Grasmere, Ambleside

Sous Chef - Wordsworth Hotel - Grasmere, Ambleside 

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Job Type: Full Time

Number of Roles Available: 1

About Us

The Inn Collection Group - multi-award-winning pubs with rooms in outstanding locations across the North of England are looking for Sous and Junior Sous chefs to join the team at the Wordsworth Hotel.

You will need to lead by example and inspire and motivate others to deliver to a consistently high standard as you will hold a senior key role within the kitchen team. 

A successful Sous Chef candidate will be: 

Someone with… 

• Flair and enthusiasm for cooking with fresh quality ingredients. 
• The ability to cope under pressure, calmly and efficiently to set deadlines. 
• Previous management of a kitchen team. 
• Good interpersonal skills with both kitchen, front of house staff, and management. 
• A positive approach to menu planning and costing. 
• Intermediate food hygiene certificate 
• Stocktaking experience 
• HACCP experience   

Sous Chef duties: 

• To help produce, monitor, and maintain consistent food standards and quality across all areas. 
• To have total accountability for the day-to-day running of the kitchen service in the absence of the Head Chef. 
• Ordering, using nominated suppliers 
• Achieving budgeted costs for food, wastage, and wages. 
• Menu development 
• Stock control 
• Team management and training 
• Daily briefings 
• Kitchen cleanliness 

Benefits for a Sous Chef: 

• Progression opportunities 
• Working for a rapidly expanding, award-winning employer 
• Employee Discounts 
• Company pension 
• Weekly pay