We have a new fantastic opportunity come up for a Sous Chef to join us at Daish's Hotels!Offering a competitive salary of £29,250 per annum, based on 45 hours per week and varied shifts working up to 6 days per week, plus incremental and performance pay reviews.
We also offer continuous all year-round employment – we don't close for the winter months!
You also get £50 once you have completed basic Daish's training and if you refer a friend, you'll split £100!Hours include evenings, weekends and bank holidays, but our kitchen team finish no later than 8.30pm!
Breakfast shifts starts from 7am.Daish's Hotels are flexible employers and strive to facilitate a healthy work life balance for Daish's employees.
We provide every employee with a supportive mental wellbeing and financial assistance package.
We even give you an extra paid day off for your birthday.
In addition to all of these fantastic benefits of working for Daish's, we have a great "Take your family on a Daish's holiday scheme" for as little as £85 per holiday…4 nights, breakfast, dinner, room, travel and entertainment all included.As our Sous Chef, you'll be responsible for preparing good quality meals for up to 150 guests in a standard 45 minutes service window for both breakfast and dinner.
Full training provided in managing our kitchens, working with set menus, and ensuring that all meals are prepared to the highest standards of taste, presentation, and food safety.
You will be part of our Daish's training Academy.Skills and attributes you will bring to the chopping board:Producing food as directed by the head chef and additionally having the potential to produce your own dishes independently, and also as part of the team in the kitchen.Assist in the implementation of menus with new or existing creations, ensuring variety and quality of servings for our guestsWork in conjunction with the Head Chef to maintain equipment required for the delivery of service standardsTraining new staff membersAssist with monthly stocktaking if requiredAssist with daily stock replenishment if requiredIn conjunction with the Head Chef, maintain all required legislative records such as the SFBB log, and labelling systems so that internal and external inspections can be carried out at any time.Be aware of company Health & Safety policy in your workplace and assist others to help to maintain a safe working environment.Experience of working in a commercial environment KitchenAbility to manage tasks and responsibilities suitable to the roleA good working knowledge of culinary trends and optimized kitchen processesEnthusiastic, confident and competent.Ability to multi-task and not lose performance level under pressureLearn and continue the values of the organisation and a wish to contribute to them.Working knowledge of Health and Safety issues relating to kitchen working environmentsExperience of catering for a Coaching Hotel operation is desirable.A little bit about us….We are Daish's Holidays, a fast growing family run holiday operator with 12 stunning hotels across the UK and a fleet of own luxury coaches.
We continue to grow at a rapid rate with many exciting opportunities on the horizon for our fantastic teams.
Our core values lay at the heart of what we do, Clean and Comfortable Accommodation, Good Food, Great Entertainment, Friendly Service.
The company is one of the industry leaders in providing the best value for money holidays in the market.
Routinely winning awards for customer service excellence, 6 of our hotels have won TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards for 2023 and we have recently been nominated in the 2023 British Travel Awards for the Best Company for Best Company for UK Coach/Touring Holidays Award!