Junior Sous Chef

Daylesford Organic- Junior Sous Chef 

Our Daylesford family is growing, and we are looking for an engaging and passionate Junior Sous Chef to join our kitchen team.

Full Time contract, based on 45 hours per week, straight shifts, salary offered £35,000pa DOE + additional surplus tronc.

We Offer

  • Competitive salary plus service charge
  • 28 days paid holiday (increasing to 33 days with length of service)
  • Training and development to advance your career
  • 50% staff lunch discount (at local Daylesford store)
  • Free food and drink available on shift (and in the office)
  • Daylesford 30% discount from day 1
  • Bamford 60% discount on skin care range from day 1
  • 10% Discount across our pub group
  • Team member of the month awarded £150 per month (added to your pay)
  • Refer a Friend Scheme Bonus up to £1000
  • Access to a variety of discounts on retail, restaurants, and cinema tickets
  • Wellness focused – employee helpline, voluntary health cash plan,
  • Milestone awards years 1, 5, 10, 15, 20+
  • 2x Company parties per year
  • Organic veg boxes - seasonal
  • Cotswolds farm visits
  • Straight shifts, good work life balance
  • Stakeholder pension scheme
  • Subsidised private medical insurance
  • ***Christmas Off***

About you

As Sous Chef you will be a natural leader who communicates clearly and confidently with their teams. You will be responsible for driving quality and consistency of the all-day food offering and working alongside the operational team to maintain high levels of service. You will be responsible for budgets and margins as well as H&S within the kitchen. Passion for organic and sustainable food is essential.

We are looking for a Sous Chef who is an excellent people manager as well as a talented Chef. An ability to coach and develop teams is a must. You must be approachable with the ability to think on your feet. Set clear targets for your teams and manage their performance accordingly, delivering on-going feedback and training as required. You’ll have a great technical understanding of nutrient rich foods and their preparation. You must be highly organised and have meticulous standards.

Main responsibilities

  • Drive consistency of all day food offering within store
  • Ensure menus are delivered to spec
  • Champion daily specials using seasonal products from the farm
  • Champion organic seasonal produce and delivering its full potential
  • Maintain a high standard of customer service
  • Deliver kitchen KPIs
  • Manage budgets and margins
  • Coach your team through ‘training and development’
  • Act as a role model to the kitchen team in terms of work ethic, service quality and professional skills.
  • Ensure all store comply to Health & Safety and Food Safety legislation

Daylesford: people who want to make a difference

At the core of Daylesford is our care for the environment, our animals and our people. For over forty years we’ve strived to inspire change and nurture growth, and our teams are made up of people who take pride in what they do every day. We know that together we can make a difference for the future of our planet and the wellbeing of our customers.

If you would like to be part of our truly unique business – we would love to hear from you. Please send us your CV or contact one of our Recruitment Team to discuss opportunities today.

We aim to attract, recruit and develop people from a wide range of backgrounds, with different perspectives, ideas and experiences. We seek to create a productive environment, representative of different cultures and groups, where everyone has an equal chance to succeed. If you feel you need any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to apply for a vacancy at Daylesford, please contact the Recruitment Team by visiting our website.


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