Events Sous Chef
Location: 9 Blenheim Road, HP12 3RS, High Wycombe
Employment Type: Full-time, 45 hours per week
Job Description
Salary: £40,000 per annum (45 hours contract)
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee and assist in the preparation and presentation of all meals and service across the Hall and Events.
- Lead and drive the brigade team in the planning and development of menus, dishes and concepts.
- Create new menu specifications, including costing sheets.
- Provide guidance to junior chefs and porters.
- Be responsible for ordering and managing food production.
- Control each section’s food storage area, maintaining them to a high standard.
- Keep a record of food production volumes, waste, stock holding and food costs.
- Maintain formal culinary training with at least 2 years’ experience within production or event work.
- Apply good foundation of Health and Safety, Food Safety and COSHH.
- Demonstrate strong organisational and management skills.
- Exhibit highly developed attention to detail.
- Work effectively under pressure.
Qualifications & Experience
- Formal culinary training with at least 2 years’ experience in production or event work.
- Good foundation of Health and Safety, Food Safety and COSHH.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Good management skills.
- Highly developed attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure.
Benefits
- 50% discount across Searcys venues
- Enrolment into the Searcys pension scheme
- Up to 35 days annual leave (dependant on job role and location)
- Access to everyday discounts and communication portal
- Chef whites provided
- Employee assistance programme
- Meals provided on shift when working within one of our venues
- Quarterly chef incentives
- Annual celebration days
- Birthday off
- Opportunity to enrol on WSH chef academy
