Sous Chef

A fantastic opportunity for a Sous Chef to join our team at Kimpton Charlotte Square and the extremely popular BABA Restaurant, in Edinburgh! As a Sous Chef, you will be contracted to 40 hours per week guaranteed, spaced over 3 and a half days, giving you more days off to spend doing what you love.

Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel brings together traditional Edinburgh architecture with an exciting and fresh indoor feel, offering our guests a modern luxurious stay. BABA restaurant sits within Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel and is an exciting mix of mezze, charcoal grill dishes and a unique cocktail and wine list. Popular with both locals and visitors, we can host between 250 and 400 covers a day. This role is perfect for those who love a thrilling, fast-paced environment, plating up to 1000 dishes a night between a team of up to 5 chefs each shift.

What’s in it for you as our Sous Chef:

• Complimentary stay for you +1 in our Hotel upon successful completion of probation.
• Generous discounts across our F&B outlets at Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George, plus Spa & Gym discounts at our Kimpton property.
• Extensive training and opportunities for career progression across the world.
• 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice.
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• 31 days holiday each year, including bank holidays, increasing up to a maximum of 33 days (Pro Rated) & Enhanced Family Leave.
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world, plus discounts from over 15,000 stores.
• Generous ‘Refer a Friend’ programme.

As a Sous Chef, your main duties and responsibilities will include being accountable for kitchen operation including production, cleanliness and deputising in the absence of our Executive Head Chef. You will work in a team to ensure our food is served at the highest standards. We are lucky to have an open kitchen with a charcoal grill, allowing you to work within a large kitchen team with plenty of opportunity to learn and grow within our organisation.

To succeed as a Sous Chef, you will need:

• 1-2 years experience as a Sous Chef within a global hotel brand or restaurant of comparable size and complexity.
• Experience catering meetings, social events and restaurants – experience in Lebanese cuisine is a plus!
• Level 3 Food Safety certification and knowledge in HACCP.
• Knowledge of appropriate working to brand standards relating to food and the ability to create and deliver appropriate menus.
• Technical skills to work on every section for every service period in the kitchen.

At Kimpton, our shared mission is to make lives better through heartfelt human connections. Our colleagues are empowered and encouraged to act from the heart, to go above and beyond to create personal experiences for each other and our guests. If you are someone who likes to march to the beat of their own drum and wants to join a company which encourages authentic individuality, join us as a Sous Chef!

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any adjustments or support at any stage, and your recruiter will assist you accordingly.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we proudly embrace equal opportunity. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business.