Job Introduction
As Junior Sous Chef for Sodexo at Sevenoaks School, High street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1HU, you’ll be responsible for assisting the Sous Chef in the day-to-day operations of the kitchen within the school. This role involves overseeing food preparation, maintaining high standards of food quality, and leading the kitchen team to ensure exceptional culinary experiences for members. The Sous Chef will play a crucial role in menu development, staff training, and maintaining health and safety standards in the kitchen.
Join Sodexo and be part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your own way.

What you do:

• Assist the Sous Chef in overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring efficiency and high-quality food production.
• Lead the kitchen team during service, ensuring that dishes are prepared and presented to the required standards.
• Monitor food preparation and cooking processes, maintaining consistency in quality, flavour, and presentation.
• Collaborate with the Sous Chef to develop new menu items and enhance existing offerings based on the school’s culinary standard.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, food hygiene standards, and proper handling of all kitchen equipment.
• Manage inventory and stock levels, ensuring timely ordering of ingredients and proper storage practices to minimise waste.
• Train and mentor junior kitchen staff, helping them develop their culinary skills and ensuring adherence to kitchen standards.
• Assist in managing food costs and portion control, ensuring that kitchen operations remain profitable and within budget.⁠
• Participate in regular team meetings to discuss kitchen performance, menu changes, and service improvements.
• Ensure the kitchen delivers exceptional quality dishes that meet the school’s high standards.
• Lead the kitchen team to maintain efficiency during service, ensuring timely delivery of meals.
• Maintain a clean and organised kitchen environment, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Assist in managing food costs, ensuring efficient stock management and minimisation of waste.
• Support the Head Chef in staff training and development, ensuring a skilled and motivated kitchen team

What you bring:

• Proven experience as a Sous Chef or in a similar role within a high-volume restaurant or hospitality setting.
• Strong culinary skills and experience in menu development and food preparation.
• Ability to manage kitchen operations effectively, ensuring efficient service during busy periods.
• Excellent knowledge of food safety and hygiene regulations, with a commitment to maintaining high standards.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience training and mentoring junior chefs.
• Ability to work under pressure, maintaining high standards of quality and presentation.
• Level 2 in Food Safety
• Strong Interpersonal Skills

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

“A ROLE WHERE YOU CAN BRING YOUR PASSION FOR FOOD”

• £14.18 per hour
• 40 hours per week
• Working pattern: 5 out of 7 days (working hours can be flexible)
• Uniforms and meal on duty provided
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What you do:

• Assist the Sous Chef in overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring efficiency and high-quality food production.
• Lead the kitchen team during service, ensuring that dishes are prepared and presented to the required standards.
• Monitor food preparation and cooking processes, maintaining consistency in quality, flavour, and presentation.
• Collaborate with the Sous Chef to develop new menu items and enhance existing offerings based on the school’s culinary standard.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, food hygiene standards, and proper handling of all kitchen equipment.
• Manage inventory and stock levels, ensuring timely ordering of ingredients and proper storage practices to minimise waste.
• Train and mentor junior kitchen staff, helping them develop their culinary skills and ensuring adherence to kitchen standards.
• Assist in managing food costs and portion control, ensuring that kitchen operations remain profitable and within budget.⁠
• Participate in regular team meetings to discuss kitchen performance, menu changes, and service improvements.
• Ensure the kitchen delivers exceptional quality dishes that meet the school’s high standards.
• Lead the kitchen team to maintain efficiency during service, ensuring timely delivery of meals.
• Maintain a clean and organised kitchen environment, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Assist in managing food costs, ensuring efficient stock management and minimisation of waste.
• Support the Head Chef in staff training and development, ensuring a skilled and motivated kitchen tea

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied

*Sodexo and our Clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (UK) and / or Disclosure Scotland (Scotland)*

• Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applicatio