Senior Sous Chef - Monday to Friday

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Senior Sous Chef | Hospitality & Fine Dining
Central London | Contract Catering
£49,000 per annum | Paid Overtime (1.5x standard rate)
Monday to Friday | 7:00am - 3:30pm | 40 hours per week
We are seeking an experienced and highly polished Senior Sous Chef to support and lead a professional hospitality kitchen within a prestigious contract catering environment in Central London. This role focuses on delivering exceptional fine dining, bowl food, canapé events, and a high-end partner's lounge offer. You will manage a close-knit, skilled team of 8 chefs, producing restaurant-quality food for corporate hospitality and events.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a chef with a strong fine dining background who is looking to apply Michelin-level standards within a stable, weekday-only contract catering setting.
The Role
As Senior Sous Chef, you'll work closely with the Head Chef and Executive Chef to deliver refined, high-quality hospitality across multiple service styles. You will play a key role in maintaining exceptional standards, mentoring the team, and ensuring flawless execution for all events and lounge service.
Key responsibilities include:
* Leading, motivating, and developing a kitchen team of 8 chefs
* Managing fine dining, bowl food, canapé events, and partner's lounge hospitality
* Ensuring consistently high standards of food quality, presentation, and service
* Supporting menu development with a focus on modern, elegant, fine dining cuisine
* Ensuring smooth kitchen operations across hospitality and event service
* Maintaining exemplary food safety, hygiene, and allergen standards
* Working collaboratively with senior kitchen leadership on planning and execution
What We're Looking For
Previous experience as a Senior Sous Chef or strong Sous Chef ready to step up
* Essential fine dining background at Michelin-star / 3 Rosette level or within a 5-star hotel environment
* Strong experience delivering high-end hospitality and event catering
* Excellent leadership and team management skills within a smaller, quality-focused brigade
* A refined palate, strong attention to detail, and passion for culinary excellence
* Calm, organised, and professional approach in a demanding hospitality environment
* A thorough understanding of food safety, allergens, and best kitchen practices
If you'd like, I can also tailor this for a specific client brand, make it more corporate or more restaurant-led, or adjust the salary/hours tone.
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

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Location:
Southwark
Job Type:
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