Caravan Restaurants | B Corp™
Senior Sous Chef
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Senior Sous Chef – London, UK
Salary & Benefits
- Base salary: From £46,000–£50,000 per year plus bonus on performance
- Perks:
- Free meals & drinks while working
- Dining discount for visits with family & friends
- Coffee discounts
- Bike-to-work scheme
- Mental health & wellbeing support
- Financial health education & guidance
- Leadership & professional development training
- Work anniversary & birthday treats (Caravan vouchers redeemable across all restaurants)
- 80% of management roles filled internally – strong focus on career progression
About the Role
At Caravan, we bring together mighty fine coffee, remarkable food, and infectious energy. Founded by Kiwi entrepreneurs, our brand is built on innovation, social impact, and bold cuisine. We’re proud of our award-winning restaurants, our roastery, and our commitment to community, sustainability, diversity & inclusion. Now we’re expanding—our kitchen needs a creative, dynamic, and inspiring design thinking to lead our teams.
We’re looking for a Senior Sous Chef who: ✔ Thrives in a collaborative environment ✔ Passionate about fresh, globally-inspired cuisine ✔ Proven track record in kitchen management ✔ Experience mentoring junior teams with authenticity ✔ Up for a growing challenge and the prospect of expanding with us
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Key Responsibilities
In this role, you’ll be the backbone of our kitchens—and our guests’ experience:
- Deliver theatre-quality service: Execute our signature ‘Caravan of Love’ guest experience with consistency and warmth.
- Lead like a chef (literally): Drive the team alongside the Head Chef, embody our restaurant’s philosophy, and set the standard for collective high performance.
- Push boundaries: Experiment fearlessly with seasonality, ingredients, and evolving trends while upholding our identity as a well-travelled cuisine.
- Own responsibility: Inextricable foundations’ relationship with it the kitchen: sustainability, waste reduction, team morale.
- Innovate: Become fluent with Fourth, FnB, and HARRi or be coached on their SOPs to streamline workflows.
What We’re After
Building on our success requires a mentee with determination and ownership. We’re on the lookout for a Senior Sous chef who demonstrates:
✔ Operations mastery: 3–5 years of hands-on kitchen management, head-prep-focused or Brazilian service roles ✔ Experience scaling teams successfully under time constraints ✔ Thinking with cities that can engage both bespoke ingredients and unexpected twist with training—Growth - Star ecosystem like great introversionial and service team ✔ A founder mentality: the ability to solve problems creatively, make tough calls, and turn stress into exceptional output ✔ Collaborative culture: empathy championing and fulfilled drive to help team members thrive
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Our Buoy
Founder entrepreneurs need to live our guiding principles:
Core Values
- Caravan of Love – Our slangly defined this: we welcome adventures.
- No Boundaries – Creativity over norms; hospitality without limits.
- Well-travelled – Embrace exploration, cultural exchange.
- All Welcome – Inclusivity as a business extension of what we stand for.
Sustainability
Role modelled by everyone on teams’ actionable steps to minimize food waste, commercialize waste products; campaign energy awareness
Diversity & Inclusion
Workplaces to reflect the world; respect individuality in team culture and who guests interact with. .
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