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Junior Sous Chef Job

  • Sector: Corporate Catering, Hospitality & Staffing
  • Function: Chefs
  • Contact: Fred Hardy
  • Contact Phone: +442076300545
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Location: Gloucestershire
  • Salary: £36,000 plus service charge
  • Job Ref: 191105
  • Contact Email: fred@greycoatlumleys.co.uk

Junior Sous Chef Job, Gloucestershire

We’re seeking a passionate and highly motivated Junior Sous Chef to join the kitchen team within a premium countryside hospitality destination. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious chef to support high-quality, produce-led cooking across the estate while developing leadership skills and contributing to menu creation rooted in British and European culinary traditions.

Key Responsibilities

Kitchen Leadership & Service Support

  • Support the Chef Director and senior chefs in delivering exceptional, comforting, seasonal dishes

  • Lead shifts and take responsibility for the kitchen in the absence of senior leadership

  • Maintain strong communication during daily briefings and service coordination

  • Help uphold a positive, collaborative, and quality-driven team culture

Seasonal & Estate-Led Cooking

  • Work closely with the garden and farm teams to utilise home-grown fruit, vegetables, herbs, and estate-reared livestock

  • Contribute to menus that change daily in response to the kitchen garden and seasonal produce

  • Demonstrate passion for local ingredients and countryside-inspired cookery

  • Assist in modern, rustic interpretations of classic British and European dishes

Culinary Skill & Operational Standards

  • Maintain strong knowledge of meat, fish, and vegetable preparation

  • Ensure timely preparation, consistency, and quality across all areas of service

  • Support mise en place, stock rotation, and workstation organisation

  • Follow established SOPs to maintain efficiency, sustainability, and smooth service flow

Health, Safety & Hygiene

  • Uphold all food safety regulations and kitchen hygiene standards

  • Support daily and weekly cleaning routines

  • Maintain practices aligned with industry and regulatory requirements

Teaam Development & Collaboration

  • Work closely with the chef team to support learning, mentoring, and professional development

  • Demonstrate excellent teamwork, communication, and leadership potential

  • Contribute to a supportive, professional, and motivated kitchen environment

Performance Indicators

  • Consistency and quality of dishes produced

  • Smooth service operation when leading sections or shifts

  • Effective use of seasonal and estate-grown produce

  • Adherence to hygiene and safety procedures

  • Contribution to team morale, development, and overall kitchen performance

What We're Looking For

  • Experience as a strong Chef de Partie or Junior Sous Chef in a high-quality kitchen

  • Solid skillset across meat, fish, and vegetable preparation

  • Passion for seasonal, local, and sustainable cooking

  • Strong teamwork, communication, and emerging leadership skills

  • Ability to work confidently in a fast-paced environment

  • Personal transport (rural location), though accommodation/relocation assistance may be available

Benefits

  • Significant monthly service charge bonuses

  • Christmas Day off

  • 28 days holiday + birthday off

  • Private medical insurance

  • Staff meals and newly refurbished break room

  • Employee assistance & wellbeing programme

  • Free parking

  • 50% dining discount

  • Discounted accommodation for friends and family

  • Cookery school and spa treatment discounts

  • Beautiful rural working environment with space to relax

  • Relocation support available (up to £2000)