Sous Chef at the Camberwell Arms

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Salary:

£40,000

Location:

Camberwell, London

Contract:

Full Time

Start Date:

4th September 2023

We are excited to announce that we are looking for a new Sous Chef to join our team.

Camberwell Arms is a well loved neighbourhood pub restaurant in South London. Founded by chef director Mike Davies in 2014, the Camberwell Arms is a celebration of generosity and hospitality, rooted in excellent, product-focussed, seasonal cooking; informal but well-informed service; and a constantly evolving wine list. The kitchen team has asserted their own unique style within our bustling restaurant, serving up a thoughtful selection of snacks, small plates and generous feasting dishes designed for sharing and conviviality.

We make what we want to eat, when we want to eat it, using the highest quality products we can buy. If we can make something ourselves, we do – charcuterie, sausages, smoked fish, pickles, breads and ice cream are all made in house – whilst the rest is carefully sourced from the best producers and cooked on our charcoal grill. Our attentive and well-informed front of house team create a familiar and warm atmosphere. We aim to deliver the confidence and belief in our products exhibited in fine dining restaurants, but without the starch.

The Camberwell Arms is for everyone. It is built on a love of service and a shared belief that there is great power in bringing people together over excellent food and drink.

This is a fantastic role for the right candidate to develop their career within an established brand and become an integral part of an exciting, quality driven restaurant with an ever changing menu and wine list. The role is ideal for an ambitious chef looking to develop and progress in a busy kitchen.

The role will be a full-time position. We are looking for someone who has experience as a Sous Chef in a similar sized operation or someone with a good length of time in a Senior CDP role who is looking to take the next step up.

Job description

Key objectives of the role:

To support the Head Chef in managing the day-to-day operations of the kitchen

To contribute dishes to menus in keeping with the existing style/offering

To support the Head Chef with stock rotation and control, pricing and GP reporting

Maintenance of well-established and excellent standards of cooking and service

Supporting the head chef in labour control, weekly rota writing and management of holiday requests, always ensuring the kitchen is appropriately staffed

Managing a team of chefs through service, leading from the front and maintaining a positive attitude

To support the head chef in recruiting, developing and managing the kitchen team, providing an environment where staff can continually learn and grow

Fostering a positive relationship with the FOH team, including ensuring chef presence in daily briefs

Supporting the Head Chef in the management of HACCP and the maintenance of all aspects of cleanliness, hygiene and health and safety.

The ideal candidate

The ideal candidate:

Loves food, both cooking and eating

Aware of/has eaten at the Camberwell Arms

Has knowledge of whole animal butchery

Has a passion for ingredients and is driven to seek out the best products

Reliable and organised both professionally and personally

Organised with great attention to detail

Proactive, eager to learn and self motivated

A natural leader with the ability to galvanise and motivate a team

A passion for true hospitality and a love of delicious things

Benefits of the role include:

Opportunity for creative expression in menu writing

The support of an experienced operations team

28 days annual leave

50% discount at the Camberwell Arms and Frank’s Cafe

Staff meals on shift

Opportunities to attend regular supplier wine tastings

Cost price wines for wines on and off our list

Cost price produce

Supplier trips

Bi-annual staff parties and staff away days – recent trips include a wine trip to Italy and full team day out in Godalming, Surrey

External hospitality management courses with Watershed School

Access to further training & development, including WSET, H&S safety training, HR courses, Food Safety

Cycle to Work Scheme

Flexible access to your wages via Wagestream

Workplace Pension Scheme

About us

The Camberwell Arms opened 9 years ago, and since then we’ve been building menus based around seasonality and the best ingredients available, things that inspire and interest us the most. We source meat that is unparalleled in terms of quality, from farmers who rear small herds of native breeds and we do all butchery in house.

This pride and consideration of provenance is reflected in our ever evolving wine list comprised of well made natural and biodynamic wines from small producers.

As a company we are committed to creating a healthy working environment, we understand that the welfare of our people is of paramount importance. Service can be fast paced and we work to deadlines but we aim to get the job done without blowing a gasket.