Sous Chef One of our clients are looking for a new sous chef to work with the Head Chef to help maintain the operating standards of performance, ensuring that the kitchen hygiene standards are without exception always adhered to. To ensure guests always receive effective communication with all departments, the highest level of customer care. Your responsibilities To assist the Head Chef in planning, organising and control of the day-to-day operation of the department thereby ensuring the established standards of performance are maintained and total guest satisfaction is achieved. To assist the Head Chef in ensuring HACCP is in place to ensure due diligence in preventing an outbreak of food poisoning along with supervising the work of the team, allocating special duties and responsibilities. To assist the Head Chef to supervise all food preparation and production in all kitchens. To monitor the temperature, quality and portion size of all food served from the kitchen areas. To assist the Head Chef to set standards in conjunction with the Team and maintain these standards through training and promotion of training in all areas. Ensure good communication throughout Kitchen Department at all times. To ensure the effective control of refrigeration and dry store goods to ensure that there is no waste. To ensure that all food leaving the kitchen is prepared and served to the pre-agreed consistent high standards, ensuring that all hot food leaving the kitchen is at the required temperature. To ensure that all areas of responsibility are always kept sanitised and free from dust and debris, following strict and pre-agreed cleaning schedules. To deputise for the Head Chef in their absence Attend meetings as requested by Management or the Head Chef To assist the Head Chef to oversee the compilation of all colleague rotas according to occupancy levels. To assist the Head Chef to oversee the training of new colleagues as well as ongoing training for existing colleagues. To assist the Head Chef to appraise colleagues on a regular basis and maintain a stable, motivated workforce. To assist to the Head Chef to set measurable objectives for sub-ordinates and monitor through regular appraisals. To take an active role as a team member, welcoming new colleagues, assisting with their training and participating fully in ongoing training initiatives To assist the Head Chef to communicate relevant matters to the team and ensure that they are familiar with product knowledge and future plans. To assist the Head Chef to maintain colleague discipline and grievance procedures in accordance with company guidelines keeping records of problems where appropriate To assist the Head Chef to develop a well-motivated team and recognise any lack of team spirit and ensure that remedial action is taken. To assist the Head Chef to evaluate standards achieved and identify the need to training, ensuring appropriate action is taken where required. To complete daily, weekly and monthly check lists fully as required and ensure they are filed and communicated to relevant personnel. Your work will be assessed throughout your employment as and when deemed necessary by your supervisor, with regular appraisals being evaluated and recorded. Chef experience in hotel/restaurants is essential Please apply with your CV INDCMB