Sous Chef - Elegant Boutique Hotel & Events Venue
Location: Ingleton
Salary: £38,000
About them…
Hesketh James are proud to partner with a stunning boutique hotel and wedding venue based in the Ingleton area. Offering a uniquely authentic taste of Yorkshire with high-end quality fresh food, unforgettable events and unbeatable service, this operator is a firm supporter of local businesses and as they embark on the next phase of their journey with exciting growth plans in the works and new venues joining the portfolio, now is an exciting time to join this thriving business!
About the role…
We are looking for a creative Sous Chef with a strong passion for working with fresh locally sourced produce to help support the business as the business grows. You will enjoy the buzz of leading different brigades with different personalities, leading from the front whilst motivating and getting the best out of each team. You will have a talent for driving brigades, increasing quality, consistency, sales and revenue. You will need an organised and consultative approach, have a good business and financial acumen all whilst ensuring that customer satisfaction and quality standards are of paramount priority.
Required Experience:
- Solid hands-on all-round fresh food experience at Sous Chef level (including banqueting experience)
- Strong fresh food experience and a passion for locally sourced produce.
- A creative flare and experience of creating daily specials from scratch.
- Experience of leading, motivating, training and developing a team of different personalities, levels of creativity and skillsets.
- Some financial knowledge (GPs, revenue, quality/portion control) or at least a knowledge of the impact it has on the business.
- Experience of managing a small brigade.
- A great personality - fun, passionate, charismatic, enthusiastic, people-focused and adaptable to all personalities.
- A great communicator - excellent at developing relationships with the kitchen team, front of house team, senior management and others involved.
Should you be successful, you will benefit from:
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- A dynamic, changing and developing company
- Company events
- Company discounts
This is a quality company with an excellent reputation and offers great scope for future development.