How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Junior Sous Chef
As a Junior Sous Chef, you will be working with the Head Chef & Sous Chef to run a busy kitchen. You will be creating exciting and delicious dishes to be served to our guests.
Requirements
- This role would suit someone who has worked in a similar environment previously.
- We welcome your passion, natural warmth and humour to ensure our guests have an amazing experience every time.
- We’re seeking friendly, warm and cheerful individuals who are happy to work together as a team and, importantly, want to have fun.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the recruitment and training of the kitchen team, ensuring that they are fully trained in all systems so that service and product delivery is consistent.
- Develop a close working relationship with all food & beverage managers and colleagues to ensure all guest expectations are met.
- Support the Senior Chef team in creating a team environment which promotes good morale and ensures a high level of commitment and pride.
- Assist the Senior Chef team with regular appraisals of staff in order to meet their required training needs and raise any issues.
- Ensure that all food is stored correctly and stocks rotated in line with the Food Hygiene Regulations. All temperatures to be recorded as well as any corrective actions.
- Ensure there is sufficient preparation of food items to avoid interruptions to service.
- Control quality of food and ensure food wastage is minimised.
- Understand and control departmental and actual payroll cost by allocating labour resources in line with forecasted business levels.
- As an experienced chef, we encourage you to share your knowledge with new, budding KP’s and Commis coming into the industry.
- As a senior member of the kitchen team, you’ll be responsible for managing the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef and Sous Chef
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Benefits
- SERVICE CHARGE: Service charge is paid each month and is shared amongst all the team at the hotel. Service charge can be in the region of £300 a month (close to £3,600 per year) over and above base pay, for a full time employee.
- Accommodation: The hotel may be able to offer off-site staff accommodation in our 2 staff houses (within walking distance to the hotel) to help new members of the team re-locate.
- Competitive pay: Everyone who joins our group gets a competitive rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
- Retail and hospitality perks: Through our Perkbox platform.
- Hotel discounts: 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group. Friends and family get special rates too.
- Employee Assistance Programme: An externally run confidential helpline for any support you require.
- Meals: Free meals when you are on duty.
- Development: We encourage curiosity and provide unique development pathways. We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – hundreds of internal promotions have been made.
- Milestone awards: For every year you are with us, including Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. At big milestones, receive extra gifts like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
About Amberley Castle
Amberley Castle is a unique luxury hotel steeped in over 900 years of history. With 4 AA red stars, 3 AA rosettes, and a member of Relais & Châteaux, Amberley Castle gives our team the chance to work in a castle with quality and style.
We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.
Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.
We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon to our stunning townhouse in Chelsea – to see the whole group, take a look here www.brownswordhotels.co.uk
Contact
Send us a Whatsapp message with FAMILYFIRST to +44 7782 822774 to find out more, chat to us and apply (or apply the normal way, whichever works best for you!)
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills