Junior Sous Chef

Stange & Co.; Heswall; On-site; GBP 33,000 - GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-run pub company in Heswall is looking for a passionate Junior Sous Chef to lead its kitchen team. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience and a flair for creativity in cooking. You will work with fresh local ingredients and contribute to a menu that evolves with the seasons. This role offers competitive pay, generous tips, and benefits, including guaranteed Christmas day off. Join a team where your culinary passion will help shape a vibrant dining experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Monthly incentive bonus

Generous tips

Full sick pay after 2 years

Enhanced parental pay

Flexible working hours

Discounted food rates

Access to health and well-being support

Long service rewards

Christmas social event

Qualifications

• Experience working in a similar kitchen.
• Ability to lead and develop a kitchen team.
• Passion for fresh ingredients.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen team with creativity and enthusiasm.
• Prepare and execute a constantly evolving menu.
• Collaborate with head chefs to develop new dishes.

Skills

Creativity

Team leadership

Passion for cooking

Job description

Location

Jug & Bottle
15 Mount Avenue
Heswall
Wirral
CH60 4RH

£33,000-£34,250 per annum plus generous tips (on average an additional £1.85 per hour), and excellent company discounts & benefits

• Guaranteed Christmas day off every year
• Up to 50% company discounts at all our sites
• Earn up to £1500 for referring a friend to join our team
• Access to Hospitality Action, providing confidential health and well-being support

Experience

3+ years

About the location

The Jug & Bottle is a busy foody pub with rooms, a stone's throw from the centre of Heswall, hidden upon the hill away from the hustle and bustle of town. Our regularly changing fresh menu has successfully kept us on the map for a number of years and we are one of the most popular places in Heswall to dine. Downstairs there is a warm and welcoming large bar area for drinkers and diners, and upstairs you'll find a handful of cosy boutique bedrooms offering a relaxing and restful stay.

Job Description

We are incredibly proud of our talented chefs and recognise and encourage passion and creativity within our kitchen teams. We are looking for a junior sous chef with bags of enthusiasm and a healthy helping of flair and creativity to lead our kitchen. Fine dining, we are not, but quality well executed fresh food is very much what we’re about. Our food is fresh, hearty and interesting, with a menu that reflects the seasons & our location, which helps ensures sustainability and prevents our customers and kitchen team getting bored.

Our constantly evolving menu is a combination of well-loved classics and more interesting dishes taking influence from all over the world. Our head chefs create their own menus and welcome ideas from all the team, allowing them the opportunity to develop some of their own dishes and indulge their passions.

What's in it for you?

• An extremely competitive salary which will regularly be reviewed to reflect and recognise your progression, skills and experience
• Easily achievable monthly chefs Incentive bonus
• Generous Tips
• Full Company sick pay after 2 years’ service
• Enhanced company parental pay
• Guaranteed Christmas day off every year to enjoy with your family and friends
• Flexible working hours to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Discounted food rates – up to 50% off at all company sites
• Discounted accommodation rates – up to 50% off at all company sites
• Access to confidential and expert health & well-being, financial and legal advice through our Employee Assistance Programme with Hospitality Action
• Up to £1500 for referring a friend to join our team
• Long service rewards and annual recognition
• Christmas staff social event – celebrate the festive season with your work friends on us

What we're looking for

A creative and talented chef with a passion for working with fresh ingredients from local suppliers, a passion for helping to lead and develop a great team and above all else, a passion for cooking imaginative dishes for our customers. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced chef de partie, looking for an exciting and challenging role.

Previous experience of working in a similar kitchen is essential as we know you’ll have the attitude and work ethos we’re looking for – a chef who shares our love of everything foody and brings passion and flair to the kitchen.

Who we are

• A family run company with 11 pubs across the Wirral, North & Mid Wales areas, who take great pride in each one of them, and the teams who make them tick.
• A company who genuinely believes in treating everyone with equal respect & dignity regardless, also having a genuine concern for the happiness and well-being of every single member of our teams
• A company who strive to put their pubs at the heart of their communities, and improving those places by them being there.
• Stange & Co are accredited by Investors in People.
• A company whose aim is To Improve people’s lives, by striving to run great pubs

Apply for this role

If this position is of interest and you’d like to be a part of our friendly team, working with a great bunch of like-minded people we’d love to hear from you.