Senior Sous Chef in Aberfeldy

Our Senior Sous Chef is pivotal in ensuring the efficient daily operations of the kitchen, maintaining the highest standards of culinary excellence, and contributing to the strategic goals of Taymouth Castle Golf & Sport Club. You will demonstrate exceptional culinary leadership, setting high standards for quality and accuracy, balancing commercial acumen, while managing multiple projects to drive continuous improvement, product innovation and business growth.

Through your confident guidance and imaginative menu development, you believe in our value, where people are our priority by nurturing talent, supporting development and inspiring the team to share and shape new ideas together.

Discover the role

• You have a natural ability to motivate, organise and dynamically lead a team of cooks by assigning and driving specific duties.
• Continuously create and implement new menu ideas with the Culinary Director and senior chefs.
• Structure and organise kitchens and preparation efficiently to cope with daily operations, by developing and implementing training programmes for culinary team members.
• Work closely with our kitchen stewards to ensure all food service areas and equipment are safe, sanitary, and immaculately maintained.
• Responsible for preparing, cooking and presenting high-quality dishes with consistency in taste, presentation, portioning and nutritional value, following established and evolving recipes and dietary guidelines.
• Play an active role in daily kitchen operations through teamwork, organisation and attention to detail.
• Ensure food freshness, quality and kitchen efficiency, making timely adjustments as needed.
• Champion a seasonal and sustainable approach by incorporating home-grown and foraged produce from the estate.
• Support fellow chefs across stations and communicate proactively across facilities, contributing to a collaborative, people-focused environment.
• Monitor stock levels, proper rotation and minimal waste by supervising inventory checks and ensuring all purchases are processed and received using correct procedures.
• Ensure continual product quality standards and procedures are observed daily; cleaning schedules, temperature records, opening and closing checklists.
• Follow and uphold food safety, sanitation, and health & safety protocols in line with luxury hospitality standards.
• Prevent cross-contamination and maintain food safety standards through thorough allergen control.
• Ensure the maintenance and upkeep of equipment used in any area of responsibility is completed in a timely manner.

You uphold our exceptional culinary standards while demonstrating passion and flare in the pursuit of service excellence. Be actively involved in day-to-day operations through observance and collaborating proactively with all team members across our wide range of facilities.

Discover you

• Through leadership excellence you demonstrate natural leadership capabilities and mindset.
• You are eager to invest in the development of world-class future leaders and instinctively share your skills and knowledge.
• Inspiring every team member to deliver their personal best.
• You have a genuine passion for cooking with previous experience within the luxury sector, in the same or a similar role / and or estate environment, working with a small team.
• The ability to deliver refined, personalised, anticipatory service with a vision for quality and excellence.
• Attention to detail with a warm, casual style letting your genuine personality shine through.
• Calm, confident and discreet, taking huge pride in your presentation.
• Exemplary time management and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work under pressure to juggle competing priorities with minimum supervision.
• Adapt accordingly to suit the profile of the business.
• Ability to adjust working days and hours of work to meet business needs, as and when required and during emergencies or busy seasons.

This role does not qualify for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa requirements and eligibility criteria. Only applicants with the right to work in mainland UK can be considered.

Join the Discovery family, where quality and service are at the heart of everything we do!

Founded in 1994 by Michael S. Meldman, Discovery Land Company specializes in building luxury residential private club communities and resorts worldwide. We have grown to be the premier player in the high-end resort residential niche with 30 world-class projects in our portfolio.

Our communities are distinct with their own architectural styles, world-class amenities, and high levels of service. We don’t build buildings, but rather we build settings where families can create intergenerational memories and enrich their lives in exquisite and untouched sanctuaries.

To ease and enrich your experiences, Discovery holds itself to the highest of service standards. Every decision we make is driven by one fundamental objective: to make the time you spend with the people you care about most not merely enjoyable, but memorable.

Spanning 8,000 majestic acres, Taymouth Castle Golf and Sport Club is a private residential, golf, and sporting community with a rehabilitated historic 19th century castle in the Western Grampians of Scotland.

Discover our Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Salary
• Staff Accommodation on a fixed term
• Uniform Provided
• Meal on duty (free of charge)
• Use of on-site staff gym
• Access to staff activities
• Various benefits including discounted local accommodation for friends and family to visit.

We are situated on the A827 between Kenmore and Aberfeldy. Close to the A9. Perth (1 hour), Stirling and Edinburgh Airport (1.5 hours), Glasgow (2 hours).