Full-Time Sous Chef for our (Café & Bakery) Algar Lodge Farm Shop & Café
Due to the continued success and growth of our café and bakery, we're looking to expand our team with an additional Sous Chef.
This is a unique and varied role that combines working in our busy café kitchen and supporting our bakery team.
On café days, you'll work alongside our Chef, helping to run a busy breakfast and lunch service, preparing and cooking fresh dishes while ensuring the kitchen runs smoothly during service.
On bakery days, you'll work with our Bakery Team, producing our popular range of homemade cakes, traybakes, cheesecakes, tarts, scones and seasonal sweet treats for our deli using fresh, locally sourced ingredients from our farm shop.
If you're an experienced chef who enjoys both cooking and baking and is looking for a daytime role where no two days are the same, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
As Sous Chef, you'll help deliver our extensive breakfast and lunch menu using fresh, locally sourced produce from our farm shop. You'll work confidently in a fast-paced kitchen environment, maintaining exceptional standards of food quality, presentation and hygiene.
Alongside your café responsibilities, you'll also become part of our bakery team, helping to produce a wide variety of homemade baked goods that are stocked daily in our deli.
This is a hands-on role offering plenty of variety and the opportunity to develop your skills across two thriving departments.
Key Responsibilities
- Working alongside our Chef to deliver a busy breakfast and lunch service
- Preparing and cooking fresh breakfast and lunch dishes to a consistently high standard
- Supporting with menu development and introducing seasonal specials
- Producing homemade cakes, traybakes, cheesecakes, tarts, scones and other bakery items
- Preparing ingredients and following recipes to ensure consistency and quality
- Maintaining excellent food hygiene and food safety standards
- Ensuring exceptional presentation across all food produced
- Helping with stock control and minimising waste
- Maintaining a clean, organised and efficient kitchen and bakery
- Supporting both the café and bakery teams wherever required
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience as a Sous Chef or an experienced Chef de Partie ready to step up
- A genuine passion for fresh, homemade food and baking
- Someone who enjoys both cooking and baking
- Creative, enthusiastic and eager to contribute new ideas
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Calm under pressure and able to thrive in a busy kitchen
- High standards of food hygiene and attention to detail
- Reliable, hardworking and a great team player
- Flexible and willing to work across both departments
What We Offer
- Full-time, permanent position
- Sociable daytime working hours
- No evening shifts
- Opportunity to work creatively across both our café kitchen and bakery
- 10% staff discount
- Free food
- Free on-site parking
- 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- Company pension
- Tips
- Friendly, supportive team environment
- Opportunity to help shape both our café menu and bakery offering
This is a full-time position, and flexibility is essential as shifts will include weekdays and some weekends.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £32,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- How many years of baking experience do you have?
Experience:
Work Location: In person
