Sous Chef

Job Introduction

• Full time
• 40 hours per week
• 07:30 - 15:30
• £13.47 per hour
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package 
• 28 days Holiday increasing to 33 days with service (including bank holidays)
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Sous chef

Bracknell - Full time

A recipe for success; Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.

At Sodexo, you'll belong in a team and thrive in service. We know that our talented chefs are the key to delivering exceptional service and tasteful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

Build a name with big-brand businesses and corporate clients, delivering high-quality nutritious meals for boardroom lunches, executive events, and daily workplace dining. This role calls for a chef who can blend maintaining excellent standards, while working efficiently in a fast-paced, trend-setting, client-focused environment. 

What you'll do: 

• Assist the Head Chef in planning, preparing, cooking, and presenting high-standard food
• Support all catering sections: retail, deli, kitchen, vending, hospitality, and café
• Contribute to menu development with innovative ideas aligned with Sodexo’s Culinary DRIVE System
• Help maintain the company’s reputation for excellent food and service
• Control portion sizes and monitor waste for efficiency
• Support weekly stock takes and report shortages to the Operations Manager
• Ensure proper stock management, ordering, and food rotation
• Maintain accurate records of food production and supplier info
• Help create appealing monthly menus and themed offers within budget
• Uphold Health & Safety and Food Safety standards
• Step in to manage kitchen operations in the absence of the Head Chef
• Assist in achieving budget targets and food GP%
• Maintain EHO 5-star Food Hygiene status
• Support customer service and assist FOH team when needed
• Present a smart, professional appearance and lead by example
• Maintain tidy, clean work practices
• Report to the Head Chef; in their absence, escalate to the Operations Manager and Site GSM
• Note: Sous Chef responsibilities may evolve with business needs

What you'll bring: 

• Passionate about food with knowledge of current food trends; able to incorporate trends into the business
• Good secondary education
• NVQ or Equivalent in catering plus Level 3 Food Hygiene Certification
• Strong craft skills background
• Successful and progressive experience in B&I contract or high street commercial restaurant catering
• Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate
• Proven supervisory experience
• Demonstrates genuine passion for food and customer service
• Strong financial acumen, including menu, event, and function costing
• Computer literate with proficiency in Word and Excel

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. 

Belong in a company and team that values you for you. 

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way. 

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support 
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

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 run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater? 

Feed our customers and we’ll fuel your career.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications