Junior Sous Chef - Daytime Brunch Kitchen - Central London 41k

Daytime hours and no late finishes: a Junior Sous Chef role in a busy, quality-led brunch kitchen that is growing into dinners and events.

COREcruitment is recruiting a Junior Sous Chef for a quality-led all-day café and restaurant in Central London.

The kitchen runs breakfast, brunch and lunch with fresh, seasonal food, and is growing into a more ambitious dining and events operation with a new Culinary Director joining.

This Junior Sous Chef role suits an established Junior Sous Chef, or a strong Chef de Partie or Senior Chef de Partie ready to step up, who wants great food and their evenings back.

The Junior Sous Chef role

• Lead sections and support the kitchen across busy breakfast, brunch and lunch services
• Run the pass and the kitchen when the senior chefs are off
• Keep food quality, timing and presentation consistent at volume, with weekends reaching 300 to 400 covers
• Support ordering, stock and stocktakes, and keep food safety and cleaning records spot on
• Help deliver supper clubs, collaborations and private events for 60 to 70 guests
• Train and support junior chefs in a small, close team

About you

• A Junior Sous Chef, or a Chef de Partie or Senior Chef de Partie ready for the step up
• Experience in quality brunch, café, all-day dining or fresh-food restaurant kitchens
• Fast, organised and calm through a busy daytime service
• Strong on food hygiene and kitchen standards
• Keen to learn the stock and admin side of running a kitchen
• Living in or within easy reach of Central London

The package

• 41k basic (16.50 per hour on a 48-hour week), plus tronc
• Daytime hours, broadly 9am to 6pm or 7pm, with no late finishes
• Five days on, two days off
• A growing business with supper clubs, events and new sites planned
• Real progression for a Junior Sous Chef ready to grow

If you are a Junior Sous Chef or Chef de Partie with brunch or all-day dining experience and want great food with daytime hours, send your CV to Olly at COREcruitment dot com today.