Sous Chef

SOUS CHEF – The Cottage Loaf, Llandudno, LL30 2SR

Employment: Full-time – 48-hours per week over 4 -days

Salary: £34,000 - £35,000 per year plus generous tips (on average an additional £1.75 per hour) and excellent company discounts and benefits.

The Cottage Loaf is a busy gastro pub right in the heart of Llandudno, well known for its constantly evolving menu of fresh, local, interesting dishes. It is part ofthe Stange & Co pub group**.** Stange & Co are an expanding family company that puts its teams first. We realise it’s our teams and their hard work that make our pubs as successful as they are. We are incredibly proud of our talented chefs and recognise and encourage passion and creativity within our kitchen teams.

We are looking for a SOUS CHEF with bags of enthusiasm, a passion for working with fresh local ingredients and a healthy helping of flair and creativity to help head up our kitchen. Fine dining, we are not, but quality well executed fresh food is very much what we’re about. Our food is fresh, hearty and interesting, with a menu that reflects the seasons & our location, which helps ensures sustainability and prevents our customers and kitchen team getting bored.

What’s in it for you:

• An extremely competitive salary which will regularly be reviewed to reflect and recognise your progression, skills and experience
• Equal share of tips
• 4 day working week
• Full company sick pay after 2 years’ service
• Enhanced company parental pay
• Ongoing training, development and opportunities for career progression within the group
• Guaranteed Christmas day off every year to enjoy with your family and friends
• Flexible working hours to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Free meals on shift
• Discounted food rates - up to 50% off at all company sites
• Discounted accommodation rates – up to 50% off at all company sites
• Access to confidential and expert health & well-being, financial and legal advice through our Employee Assistance Programme with Hospitality Action
• Up to £1500 for referring a friend to join our team
• Long service rewards and annual recognition
• Christmas staff social event – celebrate the festive season with your work friends on us

What we’re looking for:

A creative and talented chef who is looking for a progressive and challenging role in a bustling kitchen. Our chefs create their own menus and always welcome ideas from the whole of the team. We are well known for serving the finest of fresh locally sourced produce and our regularly changing menus reflect this.

Previous experience of working in a similar kitchen is essential as we know you’ll have the attitude and work ethos we’re looking for – a sous chef who shares our love of everything foody and brings passion and flair to the kitchen.

Who we are:

• A family run company with eleven pubs across the Wirral, North & Mid Wales areas, who take great pride in each one of them, and the teams who make them tick
• A company who genuinely believes in treating everyone with equal respect & dignity regardless, also having a genuine concern for the happiness and well-being of every single member of our teams
• Stange & Co are accredited by Investors as People
• A company who strives to put their pubs at the heart of their communities, and improving those places by them being there
• A company whose aim is ‘To Improve people’s lives, by striving to run great pubs’

If you think you have what it takes to be our new Sous Chef and you’d like to join our team, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £34,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount

Experience:

• Chef: 3 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person