Senior Sous Chef

The Ned boasts 10 restaurants each serving a unique style of cuisine from around the world. As Senior Sous Chef, you will support your Head Chef in leading one of the kitchens at The Ned, taking the reins whenever the Head Chef is not present.

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 250 hotel bedrooms. At The Ned, we have restaurants in almost every cuisine, from pan-Asian to American diner, and Italian to fine dining.

As the second in command in the kitchen leadership team, reporting into your Head Chef you will:

• Be working with the Head Chef to lead the team in the production of our food, compiling the daily mise-en-place, and ensuring that all food is cooked and presented to our exceptional Ned standards.
• Lead our kitchen operations whenever the Head Chef is not on duty, deputising and handling the day-to-day.
• Support with all people leadership tasks - including team recruitment, development and performance chats, onboarding new starters - this is a great role for an aspiring Head Chef who wants to build their people management skillset.
• Be a guardian of food quality and presentation, monitoring all food leaving your kitchen and providing coaching and feedback to the team where needed.
• Create and monitor 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, keeping impeccable records, and implementing action plans where necessary.
• A mainstay of our kitchen team, you’ll be preparing all meat, fish, poultry, and vegetables.

What you can bring to the role:

• Previous kitchen leadership experience with a proven track record of delivering outstanding food and people management.
• High standards are essential as our customers and guests expect the best.
• An organised and detailed 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. As second in command, you will support your head chef in delivering excellent financial performance and results.
• Creative flare is always welcome - our menus change seasonally, and you may be offered the opportunity to support with food design and creation.
• Our kitchens can be high pressure so a calm demeanour and a genuine passion for providing guests with exceptional food is essential.
• Ideally, the person in this role would be preparing to be our next Head Chef, so a desire to learn and progress is preferred, but not essential.

What can The Ned give you?

• Salary of £47,620 per annum (including service charge).
• 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 Reward Gateway and Stream, with access to 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.

At The Ned, we don't just celebrate our diversity, we challenge ourselves to do even better. The Ned is committed to being the best place to work, and ensuring that we have a leading diversity, equity and inclusion programme is central to making that vision a reality. Please let us know of any specific needs you may have during your interview. All candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role. Apply today and join us as a Senior Sous Chef.