Sous chef

Sodexo

  • London
  • £20.43 per hour
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 5 days ago
  • 07:00 - 15:30 (can differ due to business needs) overtime is available and encouraged for events and out of core hours and is paid at an enhanced rate
  • £20.43 per hour
  • Opportunities for career development
  • Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
  • 20 days Holiday plus bank holidays. Increasing with length of service.
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Sous ChefLondon - Full timeA 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:
  • Collaborate with the Head Chef and kitchen team to deliver a 5-star guest service experience
  • Prepare hospitality food, including breakfasts, lunches, and afternoon teas for events ranging from 2 to 200 attendees
  • Prepare canapé events for groups of 10 to 220 attendees
  • Deliver tailored, innovative menus aligned with Head Chef
  • Meet and exceed company and client food gross profit (GP) and budget targets
  • Manage supplier relationships, place orders, and oversee stock management, sourcing from Sodexo-nominated suppliers unless authorized otherwise
  • Return all substandard food with proper documentation and communicate supplier issues to senior management
  • Operate within the company's Safety Environmental Management System to ensure food procurement, storage, preparation, and delivery meet safety standards
  • Control and record wastage, ensuring accurate reporting
  • Comply with company procurement policies, ordering processes, and stock control procedure
  • Adhere to health & safety, food safety, and allergen regulations, both company and statutory
  • Complete and archive all internal food process documentation
  • Secure all stock to prevent loss, and ensure proper stock rotation in storerooms, fridges, and freezers
  • Monitor and control stock levels daily, weekly, and monthly to prevent shortages
What you'll bring:
  • Proven experience as a Chef in a high volume setting
  • Professional cookery or culinary qualifications
  • Knowledge and experience of fine dining and canapes events
  • Strong organisational skills with an ability to prioritise tasks
  • Commitment to maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards
  • Food Hygiene Certificate at least intermediate
  • First aid certificate is desirable
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 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 applicationsSalary £20.43 per hour plus Sodexo Benefits
Frequency Hourly
Job Reference SDX/TP/2240324/147193
Contract Type Permanent
Closing Date 12 September, 2025
Job Category Chefs
Business Unit UK Corporate Services - Frontline
Location London, United Kingdom
No. of positions 1
Posted on 29 August, 2025

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