Sous
Chef
About us:
Since 2003, The Garrison has been a Bermondsey Street institution, celebrating the best of seasonal British cooking and with Head Chef Natalie Coleman — MasterChef winner 2013, AA Rosette recipient 2023, Best Chef 2022 at the Great British Pub Awards, and winner of Food Pub of the Year 2023 at the Young’s Awards — leads our kitchen with creativity, skill, and a passion for quality ingredients and provenance.
Located just a short stroll from London Bridge, Borough Market, and The Shard, The Garrison offers an inspiring, supportive environment for chefs and FOH teams who want to grow, learn, and be part of a driven and award-winning team.
What we offer our
Sous Chefs:
- Access to our Sous Chef - Head Chef development Programme: the majority of our head chefs are internal appointments
- Autonomy to create
your own menus and specials, alongside your Head Chef
- Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme - Gain a nationally recognised qualification
- Access to regular culinary masterclasses and training days to boost your skills
- Free meals
- 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
- Share save Scheme
- Company Pension Scheme
- 28 Days Holiday per year
What we look for in a Sous Chef:
We are looking for an existing
Sous Chef or Senior CDP looking for their next step, who considers themselves
as a natural leader with a passion and flare for producing quality fresh food
in an environment that makes people feel welcome. As the successful Sous Chef
you will:
- Have experience championing excellent service
through quality food
- Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing
a team
- Be an active hands-on Chef with excellent
communication skills
- Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen
staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
- Working alongside your Head Chef, you will be
able to demonstrate your creativity and ability by helping to design and
deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
- Demonstrate great planning and organisational
skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and
labour
- Have a pro-active approach to driving sales and
delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house
teams
Thanks for your interest in working with Young's. If you would like to be part of our team, apply now!