Junior Sous Chef

at  The Stafford London

We are currently looking for an experienced Junior Sous Chef to join our team at The Stafford London Hotel.

• To be totally responsible for the quality and profitability of food production in the restaurant.
• To support the Head Chef in ensuring that standards of both food production and service are consistently high and that the agreed standards are maintained and regularly tested and reviewed.
• To ensure quality levels are consistently maintained to the agreed levels, based on the guest feedback, both internally and externally.
• To maximise productivity and minimise poor labour time. - To assist the Head Chef in minimising waste of man hours through effective Rostering.
• To ensure the Kitchen is always organised to meet business demands, with particular attention being given to Food Costings and restaurant payroll
• To ensure that departmental targets are communicated effectively to all other team members
• To support the Head Chef in executing any weekly/monthly/seasonal changing menus as required for the Restaurant.
• To support the Head Chef in encouraging ethos of driving for results ensuring quality is not compromised
• To share responsibility with Head Chef for all food related stock items and to order all food items in accordance with business levels and to ensure that only agreed suppliers are utilised
• To produce, in good time, all dishes to the agreed specifications and profitability
• To motivate the kitchen team by being confident, through your personality being dynamic and positive at all times, leading from the front.
• Promote a positive attitude and display the ability to ‘make things happen’ to achieve or exceed anticipated results and encourage the same in the team.
• To assist the Head Chef in developing the recipe manuals/SOPs as new dishes and menus are introduced.