Senior Sous Chef

Job Introduction

As a Senior Sous Chef at ACC Liverpool, you’re also a team player and food waste saver. Your passion for food and organizational excellence will lead an entire food and beverage production. This is a chance to make a positive impact, all while getting an opportunity to advance your career with a global leader in services! Join Sodexo and be part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your own way.

We are proud to work with Centerplate, a Sodexo company, where we create bespoke hospitality experiences for premier events and gathering places across the United Kingdom. Our unique approach to hospitality makes the time people spend together more enjoyable, and more valuable. For more than 85 years, we have welcomed people to the moments that matter with award-winning hospitality, exceptional service, and one-of-a-kind guest experiences.

We partner with the ACC Liverpool Group where a variety of national and international conferences; public and trade exhibitions and entertainment events are held. We are looking a talented Senior Sous Chef to join our team.

You will report into the Head Chef and you will be responsible for the kitchen operation ensuring service standards are met. The team cater for conferences, events and Gala dinners at the UK’s leading conference centre. This is a busy varied role suitable for an experienced candidate who wants to work within a supportive team. You will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of current food trends, have the ability to bring innovation into the food offers of our events business and have experience working in a high-volume environment.

Role Responsibility

What you’ll do:

• Support the senior kitchen brigade to ensure that financial targets are met or exceeded
• Ensure that all members of the kitchen brigade are fully aware of and achieve their objectives
• Communicate with Head Chef in respect of personal development, training, appraisals and long term objectives
• To be aware of and ensure that those responsible to you are aware of all legislation that is relevant to your work and ensure that all legal requirements are met including: Health and Safety at Work, Food Safety, Allergens, COSHH, Environmental Health, Fire Precautions and any others.
• Adherence to all Company Policies

For a full list of responsibilities please view the attached job description 

The Ideal Candidate

Ideal Candidate

What you bring:

• Experience in a similar role within a similar sized venue or operation
• Excellent communication skills
• Passion for food, food trends and innovation
• Passion for working with people
• Excellent attention to detail
• Exceptional time keeping skills
• Exceptional personal presentation

Package Description

£33,000pa - £35,000pa + excellent benefits

Location: ACC Liverpool, Kings Dock, L34

Permanent

Work Pattern –40 hrs pw predominantly Mon to Fri but with flexibility for some weekends and match days

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we offer:

•    Flexible and dynamic work environment
•    Competitive compensation
•    Access to ongoing training and development programs
•    Countless opportunities to grow within the company
•    Full training 

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more! 

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process