Sous Chef - Monday to Friday

SOUS CHEF - PREMIUM CORPORATE DINING

Street Food | Global Cuisine | Retail Dining | Monday-Friday | Central London

£50,000 + PAID OVERTIME | 40 Hours | 6:30am-3:30pm | NO EVENINGS

Are you a Sous Chef looking for a role that combines restaurant-quality food, creativity and international cuisine with genuine work-life balance?

We're recruiting for an experienced Sous Chef to join one of London's most exciting and progressive premium contract catering operations, delivering high-end corporate dining, vibrant street food concepts and globally inspired cuisine.

Monday-Friday. 6:30am-3:30pm. No evenings. £50k + paid overtime.

And importantly, this is not your typical B&I kitchen.

You'll be working in a dynamic, food-led environment where the offer genuinely rivals the high street, with multiple street food concepts, live cooking, restaurant-quality dining and constantly changing international menus.

THE CONCEPT

This is a premium corporate dining operation built around great food, creativity and current food trends.

The kitchen delivers a varied food offer including:

Global and international cuisine

Rotating street food concepts

Live cooking stations

Restaurant-quality staff dining

Seasonal and fresh food

Modern, trend-led menus

High-volume retail service

Premium hospitality and events

Chefs are encouraged to bring ideas to the table, influence menus and help develop new concepts rather than simply following a set menu.

If you're passionate about street food, global flavours and modern food trends, this is a kitchen where you can genuinely use that creativity.

THE ROLE

As Sous Chef, you'll work closely with the Head Chef to lead a busy, high-volume, multi-offer kitchen.

You'll play a key role in maintaining standards, developing the team and ensuring the food offer remains exciting, consistent and commercially successful.

Your responsibilities will include:

Supporting the Head Chef with the day-to-day running of the kitchen

Leading a high-volume retail food operation

Delivering creative street food and global cuisine concepts

Supporting menu development and seasonal food concepts

Helping introduce new dishes and food trends

Leading, training and developing the kitchen team

Maintaining exceptional food quality and presentation

Managing service in a fast-paced environment

Supporting GP, stock and waste control

Ensuring food safety and hygiene standards are maintained

Driving creativity, innovation and continuous improvement

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

This role could suit an experienced Sous Chef from premium contract catering, particularly someone with strong retail food experience.

Equally, we'd love to hear from restaurant, hotel or hospitality Chefs who have a strong passion for international cuisine and are looking to move into a premium B&I environment without compromising on food quality.

You'll ideally have:

Previous experience as a Sous Chef, or be a strong Junior Sous Chef ready to step up

Experience within contract catering, retail catering, restaurants, hotels or high-volume fresh food kitchens

A genuine passion for global cuisine, street food and modern food trends

Experience working with fresh, seasonal and quality ingredients

Strong leadership and team management skills

Confidence working in a high-volume kitchen

Good commercial awareness, including GP, stock and waste control

A hands-on approach and strong work ethic

Creativity and a desire to contribute ideas

Excellent organisation and communication skills

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is passionate about food, enjoys leading a team and wants to work somewhere that actually encourages creativity.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

£50,000 + PAID OVERTIME | MONDAY-FRIDAY | NO EVENINGS

£50,000 salary

Paid overtime

Monday-Friday

40-hour contract

6:30am-3:30pm

No evening service

Genuine work-life balance

Premium corporate dining environment

Opportunity to work with global cuisine and street food concepts

Real creative input into menus and food concepts

Opportunity to work alongside an experienced senior kitchen team

Strong training and development

Genuine career progression opportunities

A supportive, people-focused culture

A food-led operation where quality is genuinely taken seriously

A DIFFERENT KIND OF B&I ROLE

If you've worked in restaurants and love food, creativity and the buzz of service, but you're ready for a better work-life balance, this could be the ideal move.

Equally, if you're already working in premium contract catering and want to step into a more creative, progressive food operation, this is an opportunity worth exploring.

You'll get the Monday-Friday lifestyle and daytime hours of a corporate role, without sacrificing the quality, creativity and variety you'd expect from a high-end restaurant environment.

READY FOR A BETTER BALANCE WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON FOOD?

If you're an experienced Sous Chef or Junior Sous Chef with a passion for fresh food, global cuisine, street food and modern food trends, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation about the role.

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