Sous Chef - Fleet - Ship Based

Carnival UK
Fleet, Hampshire
Competitive
17 Apr 2018
15 May 2018
FSB-GAL-002015
Full Time
Sous Chef - Fleet - Ship Based

Our Sous Chefs are responsible for a dedicated area of the Food Preparation department. You will manage, monitor, develop and train members of the team to ensure the provision of high quality, professionally prepared food products. You will effectively manage your own area, ensuring adequate resourcing of team, complete appraisals identifying development opportunities and provide guidance, motivation and direction as required.

Our galleys deliver in excess of over 1000 covers, at every sitting. You will be working in large teams of up to 165 chefs from mixed nationalities. You will work 10 hours a day over a period of 2 – 3 shifts, 7 days a week for the duration of your contract. The duties will be varied working across different sections and a number of dining outlets, including the potential opportunity of working with our celebrity chefs; Marco Pierre White & Atul Kucher. In addition to your professional duties you will also have to deliver staff training and have ship safety duties & responsibilities.

To be considered for the role it is essential that you are professionally trained with relevant qualifications from a catering college with 3 years operational experience in high volume catering facilities such as conference and events, banqueting or large scale 4 or 5 star hotel. To succeed in this role you need to be professional, diligent, disciplined and committed to consistent quality assurance on a large scale. In return, we offer exceptional rates of pay, which is potentially tax free, all accommodation costs covered, all meals & uniform provided. You will also get the opportunities to meet new people & see the world, interspersed with 2 month leave periods.

Previous experience working onboard in a cruise ship environment is essential.