Sous Chef - Immediate Start!

Sous Chef The Crown Tavern is a beautiful pub located in Lee, SE12. With our spacious dining and pub areas as well as a large beer garden the pub caters for many. We strive to be the best pub in the community, delivering great service, a drinks range and traditional British dishes using seasonal British ingredients. Catering for a variety of events; from live sports (home to Sky Sports) Weddings, Life Celebrations, Bank Holiday festivities and our traditional pie & mash offer, just to name a few, we aim to be the home away from home in the community. What we offer our Sous Chefs: ~ Access to our Sous Chef - Head Chef development Programme: the majority of our head chefs are internal appointments ~ Autonomy to create your own menus and specials, alongside your Head Chef ~ Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme - Gain a nationally recognised qualification ~ Access to regular culinary masterclasses and training days to boost your skills ~ Free meals ~20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels ~ Share save Scheme ~ Company Pension Scheme ~28 Days Holiday per year What we look for in a Sous Chef: We are looking for an existing Sous Chef or Senior CDP looking for their next step, who considers themselves as a natural leader with a passion and flare for producing quality fresh food in an environment that makes people feel welcome. As the successful Sous Chef you will: Have experience championing excellent service through quality food Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times Working alongside your Head Chef, you will be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability by helping to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials Demonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labour Have a pro-active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams