Sous Chef
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Job Summary
Job Description
Job Title: Sous Chef
Reporting to: Founder
Location: Central London (Mayfair)
Type: Fixed-term Contract - 6 months (with the possibility of a permanent role)
Salary: 35000 - 38000 per annum bonus
About the Client
Our client is reopening a long-established family-run restaurant in the heart of Mayfair following nearly two decades under the same ownership.
The relaunch brings a renewed vision a brand-new team and a strong focus on simple well-executed food calm service and professionalism at every level.
The restaurant offers a Lebanese-inspired tapas menu in a relaxed café-style setting featuring a Parisian-style terrace and a high-profile international guest base.
The environment values organisation consistency and pride in craft over high-pressure chaos.
Job Specification
As Sous Chef you will play a key role in reopening the kitchen and setting operational standards from day one.
Working closely with ownership and senior kitchen leadership you will help establish systems lead service confidently and ensure food quality and presentation are delivered consistently.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys responsibility takes pride in their work and wants to be part of building a kitchen properly rather than stepping into an existing structure.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the reopening of the kitchen and help establish operational standards and systems
- Lead the kitchen during service ensuring organisation control and consistency
- Maintain high standards of food quality hygiene and presentation at all times
- Support and guide junior chefs fostering a professional and calm working environment
- Work closely with ownership to deliver the restaurants vision
- Ensure compliance with food safety and health & safety standards
- Contribute to a positive kitchen culture built on professionalism and teamwork
Person Specification
This role would suit an experienced Sous Chef or a strong Senior Chef de Partie ready to take the next step.
Essential
- Experience as a Sous Chef or Senior CDP in a professional kitchen
- Confidence leading a kitchen during service
- Calm organised and reliable under pressure
- Strong understanding of food quality presentation and hygiene standards
- Professional appearance and attitude
- Willingness to follow established systems and procedures
Desirable
- Experience with Mediterranean Middle Eastern tapas or small-plate menus
- Experience working in quality-driven customer-focused environments
Training Bonus & Progression
- Full training provided as part of the reopening phase
- Performance-related bonus linked to service standards and customer satisfaction
- Clear progression opportunities with strong performers able to progress towards a Head Chef role as the business grows
Working Pattern
- Operating hours: 10:30am - 11:00pm
- Typical shifts:
- Opening: 08:30am 5:00pm
- Closing: 4:30pm 11:30pm
- Double shifts may be available
Step Ahead is acting as an Employment Agency. Step Ahead is committed to preventing discrimination in its recruitment practices by stimulating genuine equality of opportunity.
This means that everyone is treated solely on the basis of competence and merit regardless of age gender marital status sexuality ethnicity racial religious or disability considerations and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Culinary Experience
- Food Handling
- Restaurant Experience
- Kitchen Management Experience
- Food Preparation Experience
- Kitchen Experience
- Labor Cost Analysis
- Catering
- Cooking
- Cost Control
- Sanitation
- Knife Skills
About Company
We work across sectors to match people & jobs, combining expertise in recruitment, employability & training. The uniqueness of Step Ahead is its multiple provisions which enable us to provide the right solution to an individual’s problem or barrier.
