Sous Chef job ad

Job Title: Sous Chef

Location: 320 Old Kent Road, London, SE1 5UE

Average Weekly Hours: 37.5

Salary: £30,500 per annum

Duration: Permanent

Pensions: NO DETAILS HELD

Sous Chef
Description

Viet Qoan Ltd. T/a Viet Quan., a well-established restaurant serving some of the best Vietnamese Cuisine in London, are looking for a Sous chef with proven experience at least 5 years in preparing and producing authentic Vietnamese Cuisine to join our team and extensive food and beverage knowledge
Successful candidate is motivated, have the skills to work in busy environment. To work successfully with the executive or head chef on the various aspects of kitchen operation (including menu design, recipe creation, staff organization, stock control, personnel training and food hygiene compliance), while ensuring that all dishes leaving the kitchen not only meet the required quality, taste and presentation standards, but also satisfy and indeed exceed customer expectations.
Applicant must:
• Have proven experience as Sous Chef of at least 5 years
• Have kitchen management skills and efficient use of time and resources
• Be able to do food preparation, cooking and plating skills
• Have creative use of ingredients, recipe design and planning
• Have the ability to cover all work lines, as needed
• Have leadership and decision-making skills
• Have good communication and interpersonal skills
• Have rapid problem identification and resolution
• Have ability to work under pressure
• Have ability to work as part of a team
Duties includes but not limited to:
• Assisting the chef with the day-to-day running of the kitchen
• Designing menus together with the head chef
• Preparing, cooking and presenting food in accordance with restaurant standards
• Supervising the work of the kitchen team
• Ensuring dishes are prepared and presented in accordance with recipes
• Controlling and directing the food preparation process and any other relative activities
• Deputising for the head chef where absent
• Ordering food provisions, performing stock control and overseeing inventory management
• Ensuring that all kitchen operations are in compliance with food hygiene (HACCP) and safety regulations
Hours of work: 37.5 hours a week
Please forward CV/application to Mr Bing Van Le at: [email protected]
Opening date: 10 March 2023
Closing date: 10 April 2023