Sous Chef
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | Gravesend, Kent |
| Company: | Age UK Kent Rivers |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
We are looking for a committed and hard-working individual to take on the role of Sous Chef to assist the Head Chef with catering for our Clarendon Royal Community customers and clients on a daily basis as well as for various functions and events held in the function room.
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time: 37.5 hours per week across a Monday - Sunday rota
Hourly rate: £12.50 per hour
Location: The Clarendon Royal Community, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2BE
Key Responsibilities:
To support the Head Chef and the catering team to provide meals for direct and indirect services.
To lead in the creation and review of the restaurants menu, including the café lunch menu and good prepared for sale in the café, delivered meals menu and the provision of meals to inhouse customers.
To effectively consider and raise awareness of the sensitivities of food allergies in production of the menu, and labelling of in house produced goods.
To source locally available fresh ingredients to ensure high quality food is offered throughout the catering services and maintain costs within budget. To always maintain a clean working environment, assisting with washing up where required.
To create a catering team rota to ensure appropriate and adequate cover is in place for the catering team, across all areas of operation, and that all meal services and fully staffed and prepped accordingly.
To provide food as required for functions booked within the community, including major events and commercial bookings, lunches, buffets and evening meals.
To effectively source sufficient agency staff when extra staffing is required for particular function or cover is needed for staff leave of sickness periods, ensuring the smooth running of the catering service.
To carry out other reasonable tasks as set by the Group CEO from time to time in line with the spirit of the role description.
The ideal candidate:
Chef experience - 2 years in a similar environment
Food Hygiene Certificate
Management experience
Organised
Excellent Time Management skills
Thorough
Creative
Reliable
Adaptable
Experienced in a Competitive Environment
Attention to Detail
An Excellent Communicator
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time: 37.5 hours per week across a Monday - Sunday rota
Hourly rate: £12.50 per hour
Location: The Clarendon Royal Community, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2BE
Key Responsibilities:
To support the Head Chef and the catering team to provide meals for direct and indirect services.
To lead in the creation and review of the restaurants menu, including the café lunch menu and good prepared for sale in the café, delivered meals menu and the provision of meals to inhouse customers.
To effectively consider and raise awareness of the sensitivities of food allergies in production of the menu, and labelling of in house produced goods.
To source locally available fresh ingredients to ensure high quality food is offered throughout the catering services and maintain costs within budget. To always maintain a clean working environment, assisting with washing up where required.
To create a catering team rota to ensure appropriate and adequate cover is in place for the catering team, across all areas of operation, and that all meal services and fully staffed and prepped accordingly.
To provide food as required for functions booked within the community, including major events and commercial bookings, lunches, buffets and evening meals.
To effectively source sufficient agency staff when extra staffing is required for particular function or cover is needed for staff leave of sickness periods, ensuring the smooth running of the catering service.
To carry out other reasonable tasks as set by the Group CEO from time to time in line with the spirit of the role description.
The ideal candidate:
Chef experience - 2 years in a similar environment
Food Hygiene Certificate
Management experience
Organised
Excellent Time Management skills
Thorough
Creative
Reliable
Adaptable
Experienced in a Competitive Environment
Attention to Detail
An Excellent Communicator