- Working with the Senior Team to ensure the food is delivered to the highest standard in the section of responsibility
- Coach and develop CDPS and Commis Chefs to ensure their skills are being enhanced, leading by example
- Check the Section for standards regularly ensuring that all audits and temperature checks are completed
- Take ownership of the stocktake and feedback any key indicators to the Head chef
- Pre-empt any pinch points within the kitchen, and highlight them to your line manager
- Work with the Senior Chefs to help produce monthly reporting for the Kitchen
- Work closely with the Restaurant team to ensure a collaborative partnership between front and back of house
- Communicate effectively ensuring that the teams are aware of the menu
- Demonstrate high levels of planning, organising, and time management to drive the operational execution across the section
- Ensure adherence to company policies, controls and standards (e.g. due diligence, cleanliness, and HSE)
- Monitor and maintain inventory, ensuring these are highlighted to the Senior Chefs
- Deliver feedback and coach the team on a regular basis, ensuring achievement is recognised by the senior team
- Identify training needs of your team
- Coach to drive performance and enable change
- Experience as a Sous Chef within a quality restaurant.
- Willing to learn and grow as well as teach
- Passionate about food
- Have excellent longevity with your past employers
- Maintaining Food Safety standards
Pastry Kitchen - Islington, Norfolk, United Kingdom - Fortnum & Mason
Description
Pastry Sous ChefDiamond Jubilee Tea Salon
Epitomising the sophistication of Afternoon and High Tea in all its splendour, our Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon serves an extraordinary selection of teas, our famous fluffy scones and delicious sandwiches 7 days a week for all those special occasions.
The Queen opened the Tea Salon in 2012 in honour of her Diamond Jubilee.The Tea Salon also specialises in private dining hosting an array of events from charity balls to private birthday parties.
We are currently looking for an experienced Sous Chef the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon.This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to work in a busy restaurant working with the finest ingredients, and leading a brigade.
Key Accountabilities:
We are committed to developing your career and nurturing your talent, regardless of age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; sexual orientation.
We respect and embrace each others differences, to create a truly inclusive environment.TPBN1_UKCT