<p>{ "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "JobPosting", "title": "Sous Chef", "description": "You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients. As Sous Chef, you'll be the Head Chefs' go-to for support, leading and engaging the kitchen team to deliver 14 great shifts week in, week out. You'll be leading shifts, making sure the kitchen runs effectively and safely. You're as relentless as us about the detail, so you'll be all over things like stocks, Health & Safety and Hygiene, manning the pass to ensure our food goes out on-spec and on-time, and always upholding 5* kitchen standards. You'll be on it. Like a chef's bonnet\nThe Good Stuff\n\nOvertime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!\nStaff food on every shift\n50% off food and drinks (including alcohol) from day one at all three of our brands - Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside \nPaid breaks\n28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata\nEnhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service\nThe most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!\nCompetitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our suppliers)\nCompany pension scheme\nLong service awards\nPower over your pay with Wagestream\nEmotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity\nGreat opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast growing business\nAchievable bonuses\nTips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked\nChristmas and Boxing Day off!\n\nWhat you'll bring\n\nYou are probably an existing Sous Chef, or perhaps a Junior Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager that is looking to take the next step in their career.\nYou will have experience of working with fresh ingredients and be able to demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices)\nYour work ethic is rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in and leading from the front; playing an active role in delivering excellent kitchen and food standards as part of a high performing team.\nExtremely driven and relentless at deconstructing the can't mentality.\nFamiliar with KPIs and making decisions in the absence of the Head Chef considering labour; stock; food safety requirements plus others.\nEpic communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholders and build rapport and trust (that would be with our Ops Chefs and Ops Managers).\nStrong knowledge of best practice around rota scheduling, sales and labour forecasts, reporting, recruitment, HR etc.\nYou will have demonstrated successful delivery of training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs and Sous Chefs.\n\nIf you want to find out more about us, follow us on LinkedIn or @life.at.loungers on TikTok and Instagram", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "name": "Lounges - Kino", "value": "90046" }, "datePosted": "2025-12-14", "employmentType": [ "OTHER" ], "hiringOrganization": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Lounges - Kino", "sameAs": "" }, "jobLocation": { "@type": "Place", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressLocality": "Kettering", "addressRegion": "en-GB", "postalCode": "NN16 0AL", "addressCountry": "UNITED KINGDOM" } }, "baseSalary": { "@type": "MonetaryAmount", "currency": "GBP", "value": { "@type": "QuantitativeValue", "unitText": "YEAR", "minValue": 32000, "maxValue": 35000 } } }</p>