Executive Sous Chef

The Ned boasts 10 restaurants, each serving a unique style of cuisine from around the world. As Executive Sous Chef, you’ll be the right hand of our Executive Head Chefs in everything from day‑to‑day operations, people and team management, menu creation, budgeting and P&L, and everything in between.

Our restaurants serve a multitude of options from caviar, lobster thermidor, and beef rossini, to sushi, BBQ, and shepherd’s pie – so this is the perfect role for a senior chef leader to work with our kitchen teams on ensuring the highest levels of service for our guests.

Where will you be working? The Ned and Ned’s Club are a global collection of hotels, clubs, spas, and restaurants for like‑minded individuals to meet, work and have a good time. The Ned launched in 2017 in the heart of the City, in the former Midland Bank headquarters. The Ned City of London houses Ned’s Club – a private members’ space, gym and rooftop – alongside a public spa, a full floor of events spaces, ten restaurants and bars and 248 hotel bedrooms.

Reporting to our Executive Head Chefs, you will:

• Lead the kitchen teams in the production of our food, ensuring that all dishes are cooked and presented to our exceptional Ned standards.
• Work with the restaurant Head Chefs to ensure all commercial deliverables are achieved – including menu costing and creation, budget and P&L management, weekly and monthly reporting, recruitment and labour spend, guiding and training the team on areas for improvement.
• Use your leadership experience to drive a culture of high performance in our kitchens, setting the standards and performance expectations for Head Chefs, and regularly providing feedback.
• Guide and develop your kitchen leadership team, sharing accountability and growing the future talent of The Ned.
• Be a guardian of food quality and presentation, providing coaching and feedback to the Head Chefs where needed.
• Be ultimately accountable for a safe and clean kitchen environment, protecting our guests and team from any possible harm.
• Protect our excellent food safety ratings and audit standards by always keeping a close eye on procedures and practices, ensuring Head Chefs keep impeccable records, and work with them on implementing action plans where necessary.

What you can bring to the role:

• Previous leadership experience as a Head Chef with a proven track record of delivering outstanding food and people management.
• High standards are essential, and you must demonstrate the ability to challenge and drive high performance from your teams.
• Experience across multiple cuisines and concepts, with the ability to adapt to a diverse culinary offering.
• An organised and detail‑oriented manner is necessary, as impeccable record keeping is needed to maintain records for our safety and audit standards.
• A commercial mindset is needed in all our leaders, evidence of achieving and exceeding KPIs will go a long way.
• Food safety qualification (Level 3 minimum; Level 4 preferred).

What can The Ned give you?

• Salary of up to £80,000 per year (dependent on experience), including service charge.
• Every house membership of Soho House.
• Enhanced parental leave, company sick pay and pension.
• Complimentary meals in our friendly team restaurant, Neddy’s including monthly payday breakfast.
• Exciting learning and development programmes to help progress your career.
• Exclusive rates at The Ned for staying and eating for you, your family and friends.
• Wellbeing and health benefits, including Stream and Benefit Bank – our exclusive platform with access to hundreds of gym, shopping, and cinema discounts.
• Your birthday off after a year of service and more holiday after five years.
• Paid volunteer day.
• Regular social events, including an annual pool party.
• Employee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support.
• Reward and recognition initiatives.

All candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role. Apply today and join us as Executive Sous Chef.