Senior Sous Chef

Job Description

The role:

Global Talent 2020 is excited to work with one of Edinburgh’s leading independent, growing, Bar and Restaurant operators. Their beautifully appointed venue is in the heart of an upmarket part of the city, looking for a passionate Senior Sous Chef for their quality-focused restaurant & bar operations.

The Senior Sous role is part of a dedicated Kitchen brigade, producing high-level, fresh, popular food menus across this trendy, busy venue’s main restaurant, lounge, and bar areas.

The role is to work with the talented new Head Chef, as our client wants to ensure an unparalleled casual dining experience for its customer base.

The person:

Our long-established client at Global Talent 2020, is looking for an existing Senior Sous Chef talent, or a highly experienced Sous Chef looking to step up to Senior Sous level. Someone who will always be readily approachable, have a positive can-do mentality, be communicative, authoritative on culinary practices and food trends, possess sound leadership skills, and exhibit a desire to grow, as the business is ever evolving, and there will be continued career opportunities within the company, as they add a couple of new venues in 2025.

The ideal Senior Sous Chef candidate must have had prior experience working in a volume food, high street restaurant background, working well as a management team with a Head Chef, and will specifically have fresh food/ingredients menu experience, and creation. You must be able to demonstrate good all-round culinary technical skills, whilst managing costs, rotas, and Food GP%. Whilst also, training and developing others within the team, and leading the brigade in the Head Chefs absence.

The benefits:

Our client at Global Talent 2020, offers the right candidate a quality-focused venue/ workplace, delivering consistently popular fresh food menus, and working with a talented brigade of chefs, within a growing, progressive, people-focused, exciting organisation.

Excellent remuneration, and benefits that include: