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Senior Sous Chef
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £45,000.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 February 2026 |
| Location: | Oxfordshire, ox18 4rg |
| Company: | Manpower UK Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BBBH431964_1769700938 |
Summary
Manpower Recruitment are looking for an experienced Senior Sous Chef for an established Restaurant, in the stunning Burford, in the Cotswolds.
The role is working Full Time, working 5/7 days, including mornings, evenings and weekends.
Flexibility would be needed, with split shifts on a rota basis and operational hours would be between 9am-9pm.
The role is paying £45,000pa + £5000 in service charge.
**This is for someone who aspires to be a Head Chef and show full commitment to the busy kitchen environment and lead a team.
Fresh Food experience is essential for this role.
Overall Objective
The main responsibilities of the Senior Sous Chef are as follows-
- Ensure consistent and smooth running of food production
- Supporting Head Chef with day-to-day operation
- Stepping in, during Head Chef absence and holiday.
- Ensure effective stock purchase, its receipt and storage
- Ensure that working areas are always kept clean
- Assist other kitchen staff/Junior chefs as need arises- encouraging upskill and development.
- Supervise performance of kitchen staff to ensure proper activity
- Perform other administrative tasks as will be communicated by superiors
- Ensure that required standards are adhered to in the production and preparation of food - in quality, quantity and safety
- Work towards exceeding customer's expectation by encouraging and promoting high level of service
- Ensure all complaints, inquiries, and suggestions by customers are attended to accordingly
- Give appropriate support or guidance to members of kitchen when need arises
- Resolve possible disputes within the kitchen and report any unresolved
- Promote good team spirit regularly
- Ensure all dishes are prepared according to specification and served at the correct quality, portion size, and temperature
- Partly responsible for the preparation of kitchen cleaning rosters and the supervision of cleaning schedules
- Prepare substitute items
- Ensure that the kitchen staff work harmoniously to ensure timely production of quality foods
- Ensure proper arrangement and garnishing of food
- Manage food logs
- Monitor the quality and quantity of food prepared
- Assist in recruiting, hiring, and training employee cooks
- Report the need for maintenance to appropriate staff
If interested, please contact a Manpower Representative.