Junior Sous Chef - Edinburgh

Junior Sous Chef - Edinburgh

Job Type: Full Time - Permanent

Your Aramark journey starts here

Do you love to create meals that put smiles on faces?
Are you wanting to work in a business who will offer you a great work life balance?
Are you looking for your next challenge and looking to work alongside a great, supportive team?

If the answer is yes, then read on. We are currently recruiting a Junior Sous Chef to join our team working at Aegon UK, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9SE

Perks of the job

• A salary of £27,132 per year
• Permanent position
• Full time 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday. 7.30am – 4pm
• Life insurance and pension contribution
• Free meals on duty
• Subsidised gym membership
• Free on-site parking
• Free uniform
• Cycle 2 Work scheme / Refer a friend scheme
• Love2Shop discounts including discounts on your weekly supermarket shop and lifes luxuries!
• You will also be joining a great team, with fabulous career prospect and could lead to all sorts of opportunities – we LOVE to promote from within!
• As we are passionate about developing our people from within, great training is provided, we do not look for experience, we need a good attitude and the willingness to learn.

What you'll be doing

• Organise, plan, direct and lead the team in the delivery of all food services to the client
• Ensure all team members are working in a clean, neat, tidy and pleasant manner.
• To complete monthly stock takes and manage stock control
• Set up and breakdown lunch service
• Highlight any orders required for the section to the Senior Chefs
• General production of breakfast, lunch and dinner
• To maintain food hygiene, service & presentation to a high standard
• Support the head chef to manage the day to day running of the kitchen, including managing wastage and paperwork
• Deliver designated training to the team as and when required
• Take ownership of the ‘Daily Briefs’ and to assist the Senior Kitchen Manager with any reasonable requests.
• Follow recipes and prepare food for service
• To share responsibility for the checking, probing, and signing of all food deliveries to ensure that only the highest standard of produce is accepted into the unit.
• As a member of our team, you are equally responsible for cleaning and hygiene and that any assigned daily and weekly cleaning duties are carried out.

Experience

• A confident chef who can think on their feet and follow instructions clearly
• Relevant culinary experience, qualification is desirable
• A great passion for food and service
• Flexible approach to hours and duties
• IT literate, numerate and able to communicate across cross discipline stakeholders