Job Description
Job Role - Sous Chef
Rate of pay - £43,000
Hours - 40/45 hours per week
Location - Ascot
Role Responsibilities -
- Assist the Head Chef run the Barn kitchen enabling the team to achieve the highest levels of standards and service
- Train and develop the team
- Preparing food to the highest quality to ensure guest expectations
- Achieve the highest levels of food quality, standards and service at all times
- HACCAP - To follow the day to day procedures including; Diligence, food labelling, weekly deep clean of your section
- Run an environment that is clean, tidy and organised at all times.
- Act as a deputy with all responsibilities as required
- Lead, coordinate and motivate the team according to DC Values
- Produce and deliver quality food and enable operational excellence
- Plan the day to day running of all sections of the kitchen effectively to meet the service standards
- Communicate directly with kitchen team members any changes in business
- Control, with the aid of the Head Chef, all the operating costs within all the food outlets to the agreed budgets set and order appropriate levels of food
- Assist and produce accurate stock takes.
- Carry out quality checks on stock, produce and dishes along with offering training, and understanding of the products to keep the team focussed and allowing them to evolve as chefs.
- Have a flexible ability to respond to business and client needs. Give full understanding and guidance to a colleague requiring assistance in a difficult situation, using a caring and supporting manner.
- Mange rotas in accordance to business levels
- Ensure daily food preparation meets recipe and specification index i.e. size, quantity and quality
- To ensure the day to day kitchen management is in order
- Provide support to the front of house team to ensure exceptional guest care
- To be able to run, look after and make decisions in the operation during the absence of the head Chef and Executive Chef as required
- Attend hotel meetings and weekly BEO meetings
- To follow and abide by all regulations, policies and procedures that has been set out by Coworth Park.
- Attend all relevant meetings and ensure understanding of business throughout the hotel
- Comply with all statutory and company health & safety, fire, bomb and security regulations
- Ensure job required certificates, Licensing and employment law knowledge is kept up to date
- Along with your main duties you may be asked to complete other tasks and duties as and when necessary and reasonably required
- You may on occasion be required to adjust your hours of work to cover the business needs
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