Sous Chef

It’s an exciting time for Park Leisure. We’ve recently bought our 12^th park and there are great plans for the future.

Here at Park Leisure, we’re proud of our values: Teamwork, Honesty, Excellence, Pride and Communication, and always incorporate them into everything we do. We’re, therefore, looking for people who also demonstrate these…so if you think this is you, then read on!

The Park

The Old Storehouse at our Amble Links Park is open to locals as well as owners. The building had a fabulous refurbishment several years ago creating a modern, relaxed feel whilst still maintaining plenty of character. The food offering is a twist on the traditional pub meal, using fresh local ingredients, and something to suit all tastes. Food, service and overall experience all has to deliver to the 5-star expectations of our customers.

The job

Working with the Head Chef to produce excellent quality food that surpasses customer expectations, to help in the smooth running of the kitchen, be a role model to staff, push standards and team performance, build the restaurant’s reputation and increase sales and profitability. You’ll make sure the team are ready for service, plan and direct food prep and ensure all dishes are delivered to an excellent standard, monitor quality, resolve any issues, be involved in menu creation, costing, wastage and portion control, run the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef, help develop the team, give team briefings, promote a great working environment, ensure health, hygiene and legal compliance and generally do everything a Sous Chef would do. 

About you

You are friendly, positive, reliable, trustworthy, professional, confident, a good communicator, a great team player, want to learn, enjoy teaching others, creative, innovative, organised, meet deadlines, get the detail right, quickly understand what’s needed, want to excel, buzz on doing a great job and can lead a team to success.

Experience

Ideally GCSE educated or above, NVQ/SVQ level two or equivalent, good craft skills, at least one years’ experience of working at a similar level, history of successful progression in catering, level three food safety certificate, knowledge and experience of food costing and budget control, people management experience, proficient use of computer applications in catering.

 The Pay

£23,000 per annum. Benefits such as pension and holiday are also on offer.

The contract

The contract is based on full time hours, which will be discussed in more detail at interview stage.

What to do next

Click apply – look at our website to see what we’re about. 

There has never been such an exciting time to be a part of Park Leisure, so come join us and grow with us!

We review applications throughout the advertising period, therefore, we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the date specified.