Sous Chef

Sous Chef | Birmingham | £42,000 + circa £4,000 tronc

What’s in it for the successful Sous Chef?

• Salary of £42,000 per annum
• Tronc of circa £4,000 per annum on top
• 45 hours per week, permanent
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays, rising by a day for every year of service
• 5% contributory pension, and Wagestream so you can draw your pay as you earn it
• Staff meal on duty and staff discounts
• Head Chef already in post, and a pre-opening role writing the kitchen with them
• Two genuinely different menus to cook, rather than the same section twice a day
• A university’s money behind the kitchen, which means the produce budget and the kit are real
• Development funded and resourced by a university, and a group of sites to progress through
• Post-placement support from Tonic

Tonic are assisting University College Birmingham in their search for a Sous Chef to open and run the kitchen alongside the Head Chef at Beyond, their new restaurant in Birmingham City Centre. Beyond is a commercial restaurant. It is not a training site and you will not be teaching. What makes the kitchen worth a look is the range. Daytime is an all-day offering built around excellent coffee, then at 17:00 the food changes into a serious evening menu with a proper drinks offer alongside it, so you are cooking two things properly rather than one thing repeatedly. Behind that sits a university, which in practice means financial security most independents cannot offer, training that is actually funded, and more than one kitchen to progress into.

What are we looking for from Sous Chef candidates?

• Experience as a Sous Chef, or a strong Junior Sous ready to step up, in a fresh food kitchen
• Able to run the pass and the section plan in the Head Chef’s absence
• Strong on prep, ordering, wastage and GP, and comfortable being held to the numbers
• Confident cooking across two distinct menus in the same day
• A developer of junior chefs, not just a producer of food
• Uncompromising on food safety, allergens and kitchen discipline
• Available across a seven day operation, including evenings and weekends

If you are interested in this role or would like to find out more, get in touch with the team at Tonic today.