Junior Sous Chef

Looking to improve your work/life balance? To create and innovate? To earn paid overtime with occasional weekend work?
We have the rare but exciting opportunity to join our Heroics Cafe team as a Junior Sous Chef based at Bicester Heritage, Oxfordshire.
Heroics Cafe takes pride in crafting freshly prepared dishes using only the finest ingredients, including authentic Italian breads and pastries sourced from Farina London.
The menu boasts a wide selection of healthy options served in generous portions to keep customers fuelled throughout the day. Beyond our delectable daily offerings, Heroics Café extends its services to include event catering for business meetings and social gatherings.
We offer a variety of grab and go concepts, including sandwiches and paninis, hot and cold beverages with snacks, hot classic seasonal dishes as standard and then have a street food calendar throughout the year.

The Responsibilities for Junior Sous Chef
Catering to the needs of business lunches, prepared in the Heroics café and delivered to on site offices.
Day to day running and responsibility for menus
Designing, costing and creating specifications for menus
Independent working
The role will involve working between 2 sites: Headquarters (2 minutes away) and on site at Bicester Heritage.
Working the Breakfast and lunch service

sandwiches, salads and hot dishes made to order
To manage the kitchen production ensuring quality and consistency every time, in line with the company guidelines
To endeavor to deliver high standards in all areas, including presentation, taste, food safety and quality of produce
To manage and exercise company Food Safety and Health and Safety policies
To take a hands-on approach in managing, assisting with, monitoring and overseeing all production, stock and operational kitchen related concerns
To control and minimise all kitchen associated costs without detriment to the business or service
To work with the Heroics Café Management team in developing and driving forward the business
To assist other company departments if and where required
The Role Specifications
Food Hygiene Level 3
Confident on food safety and HACCAP requirements
Strong client and customer interaction
Great communication skills
Must have a full, clean driving license
The Role
45hrs per week
Generally, the role is Monday

Friday (7am

4.30pm)
Some Weekend work will be required dependent on business needs (overtime paid for hours over the contracted 45 hours)
Training and development opportunities are on offer to enhance career development

Founded in 2013, Bicester Heritage has grown over the last couple of years to home over 45 specialist businesses, and growing rapidly. Based at a beautiful 444-acre former WW2 RAF Bomber Training this proves to be a fascinating place to work.
Absolute Taste are the exclusive caterers for heroics café and cater for those employed in the business at Bicester Heritage site, their clients and guests. Our catering provisions include, but not limited to events, meeting social gatherings and corporate entertainment.
This list for the Junior Sous Chef role is not exhaustive of all duties and responsibilities.

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