Sous Chef - Islington, Norfolk, United Kingdom - St-Martin-in-the-Fields Limited

Description

Catering
All junior kitchen staff
40,000 depending on experience
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 4HJ
Full-time/Part-time
Full-time, permanent
ensuring all food is prepared to acceptable standards, in a timely manner, with sufficient quantities, and with minimum wastage. St Martin-in-the-Fields (St Martins) is an incredible place to work. to worship, reflect, relax, meet, eat and drink, enjoy music and the arts, and much more. The church is a 300-year-old architectural jewel.

Visitors to St Martins are delighted by the range, choice, and options available when they arrive to experience both our catering offering or when attending an event, private function, or conference.

St Martins has hosted events & fashion shows for exclusive luxury brands, TV, Film, and Theatre Wrap parties (with celebrity guests), and multinational corporation conferences, meaning youll always have new avenues to stretch your skills & capabilities.

The Café is open every day (other than Christmas & Boxing Day) and generally serves lunch from 10.On top of this, the Café is host to many evening functions and a weekly jazz night.

With a strong Café team, we deliver a unique service throughout the day and into our evening offerings.

The Sous Chef will play a pivotal role in our kitchen team, working closely with the Head Chef to ensure the smooth operation of the kitchen and the delivery of high-quality food.

As a key member of our Café team, you will be responsible for assisting in menu planning, food preparation, and kitchen management.

Your primary responsibilities will include supervising kitchen staff, overseeing food production, and ensuring that all dishes are prepared to our standards of excellence.

You will also be involved in recipe development, inventory management, and maintaining food safety and sanitation protocols.
Maintain a strong knowledge of all products, services, and promotions;
Prepare and assist in all food preparation in accordance with kitchen standards, with minimum waste and budget impact;
Assist in all menu planning, thinking creatively;
Gain a logistical knowledge of the day-to-day catering business and assist with the smooth running of all catering activities;
Follow and ensure kitchen standards, procedures, health regulations, recipes, portion control and cleaning schedules are adhered to;
Monitor all recycling within the kitchen;
Undertake food stock takes on a weekly/monthly basis;
Ensure quality and rate of kitchen output is sufficient for trading requirements;
Manage events in the absence of the head chef from food production to delivery.
Quality Control

Ensure quality and rate of kitchen output, whilst monitoring appearance of foods on public display, and making necessary changes when needed; Support, maintain and improve catering standards and offers.

Follow kitchen standards, procedures, health regulations, recipes, portion control and cleaning schedules are adhered to, training staff where necessary;
Ensure all food areas and chef cleaning rotas are maintained on an am/pm system according to cleaning schedules;
Practise HACCP with all food areas;

Use extensive knowledge of evacuation procedures and ability to lead evacuation of the kitchen in the event of an emergency.

Personal Development and Performance Management
Be responsible for a team of professional kitchen chefs and kitchen porters, including training, development, delegating, scheduling, and monitoring of tasks to timely completion;
Experience working in a similar environment as a Sous Chef or a Senior Chef de Partie;
NVQ Level 2 or equivalent;
Basic Food and Hygiene certificate;
An enthusiasm about food and for working in the catering industry;
High quality customer service skills and experience of working in a busy customer-orientated environment.

St Martins welcomes applications from all sections of the community and is committed to maintaining an inclusive working environment, with a diverse workforce.

A supporting statement, explaining why you believe you will excel in this role;