Junior Sous Chef
| Posting date: | 22 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £34,944 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2026 |
| Location: | Southwold |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Adnams Plc |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
We offer an excellent package for our Junior Sous Chef including -
Competitive Salary
Company Pension
Life Assurance
Share Incentive Plan
28 days holiday
Career Development Opportunities
Wellbeing Programmes
Fabulous employee discounts!
TIPS
What do you need to know about Adnams and our Team?
We make amazing award-winning beers and spirits from our home in Southwold, have some great shops across the region and operate some stunning pubs and hotels. We understand the value of every customer and work hard to deliver amazing service in a time of exciting innovation and digital transformation.
We do all of this while caring passionately about the environment, our local communities and our wider social responsibilities.
Our success is because of our people, who are at the heart of everything we do really care about diversity and are proud of our culture where everyone is respected, valued and treated with kindness.
What are we looking for in our Junior Sous Chef:
As our Junior Sous Chef you will have previous experience working in a similar environment and will have a passion for consistently creating stunning dishes and will have a hands on approach with experience of a commercial kitchen.
The role has many responsibilities such as overseeing the maintenance of kitchen and food safety standards, supporting management of stock and monitoring of wastage as well as providing an input in the planning and implementation of menu ideas.
We encourage our chefs to explore all areas of the kitchen to enhance their knowledge and personal development where you will learn different aspects of the kitchen sections including hot / cold section, larder, sauce and butchery.
You will assist in the development of our up-and-coming rising stars and will work towards effectively building on your strengths and previous experience whilst working closely with Rory and our Sous Chef.
You must be able to work under pressure, have great communication skills and be a team player to work in conjunction with our Front of House Team to ensure our guests stay is always memorable.
The Swan operates 7 days a week so a level of flexibility is required to assist in weekend work.
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What's in it for you?
Hopefully, a sense of pride that you are working for a business that cares about the important stuff and a lot of fun working with an amazing bunch of people.
Enthusiastic and hard-working people who join Adnams tend to stay around so we must get quite a lot of things right. We really admire innovation and are not afraid to try something new, so you get to put new ideas into practice to deliver even better results for everyone.
Competitive Salary
Company Pension
Life Assurance
Share Incentive Plan
28 days holiday
Career Development Opportunities
Wellbeing Programmes
Fabulous employee discounts!
TIPS
What do you need to know about Adnams and our Team?
We make amazing award-winning beers and spirits from our home in Southwold, have some great shops across the region and operate some stunning pubs and hotels. We understand the value of every customer and work hard to deliver amazing service in a time of exciting innovation and digital transformation.
We do all of this while caring passionately about the environment, our local communities and our wider social responsibilities.
Our success is because of our people, who are at the heart of everything we do really care about diversity and are proud of our culture where everyone is respected, valued and treated with kindness.
What are we looking for in our Junior Sous Chef:
As our Junior Sous Chef you will have previous experience working in a similar environment and will have a passion for consistently creating stunning dishes and will have a hands on approach with experience of a commercial kitchen.
The role has many responsibilities such as overseeing the maintenance of kitchen and food safety standards, supporting management of stock and monitoring of wastage as well as providing an input in the planning and implementation of menu ideas.
We encourage our chefs to explore all areas of the kitchen to enhance their knowledge and personal development where you will learn different aspects of the kitchen sections including hot / cold section, larder, sauce and butchery.
You will assist in the development of our up-and-coming rising stars and will work towards effectively building on your strengths and previous experience whilst working closely with Rory and our Sous Chef.
You must be able to work under pressure, have great communication skills and be a team player to work in conjunction with our Front of House Team to ensure our guests stay is always memorable.
The Swan operates 7 days a week so a level of flexibility is required to assist in weekend work.
.
What's in it for you?
Hopefully, a sense of pride that you are working for a business that cares about the important stuff and a lot of fun working with an amazing bunch of people.
Enthusiastic and hard-working people who join Adnams tend to stay around so we must get quite a lot of things right. We really admire innovation and are not afraid to try something new, so you get to put new ideas into practice to deliver even better results for everyone.
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