Sous Chef

Are you an experienced chef ready to take the next step in your career?

We are looking for a Sous Chef to join our busy Campus Services catering team. This is a great opportunity to use your culinary skills and experience to help deliver high-quality food, excellent service and a great customer experience across our University catering operation.

Working alongside the Head Chef you will:

- Take responsibility for the kitchen in the head chef's absence.
- Lead, support and develop a team of chefs and catering colleagues.
- Produce quality food in a busy, high-volume environment, including functions and events.
- Support menu development, promotions and new food initiatives.
- Manage stock, food costs, rotas and food safety standards.
- Help drive excellent customer service and continuous improvement.

About you:

You will be an experienced chef with strong kitchen management and leadership skills, ideally with experience in a high-volume catering environment.

You will have a relevant Level 3 qualification (or equivalent), good knowledge of Food Safety/HACCP, and the ability to lead a team, work under pressure and deliver consistently high standards.

Experience of menu development, costing, stock management and staff training would be an advantage.

This is a permanent, full-time role of 36.5 hours per week, working 5 days over 7, with flexibility to work evenings and weekends as required.

If you're passionate about food, enjoy leading a team and want the opportunity to develop your career in a varied and fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.

This role is eligible for the Campus Services New Starter Bonus (£1,000), payable the month after successfully passing your six-month probation. This role is also eligible for the Campus Services Refer a Friend bonus.

What we can offer you:

- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
- Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- A family-friendly workplace
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
- Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.