We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
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Christmas and New Year off
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Opportunity for overtime
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Contributory pension scheme
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Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
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Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
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Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
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Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
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Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
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Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
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Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
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You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families
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Working 5 days out of 7
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Full time, 52 weeks per year
About Swansea University Catering
Swansea University is a varied campus catering environment, serving students, staff, visitors, hospitality guests and events across multiple outlets and service styles. The food offer continues to develop through student feedback, menu innovation, pop-ups, digital ordering, hospitality improvements and local Welsh product development.
As Sous Chef, you’ll be part of that journey — helping deliver food that is consistent, commercially aware, well presented and relevant to the university community.
Why Join Us?
This is a genuine opportunity to grow. We’re looking for someone with vision — a Sous Chef who brings ideas, energy and pride to the role, and who wants to help show what food at Swansea University can be.
Bring your ideas, energy and passion for food to a Sous Chef role where you can make a real impact across Swansea University.
About the Role
Ready to bring your spark to university catering? We’re looking for an ambitious Sous Chef to join our Chartwells team at Swansea University, helping deliver great-tasting food, brilliant service and fresh ideas across a busy campus operation.
This is a hands-on role supporting both the Executive Chef and Head Chef across hospitality, counter service, events, student food concepts and day-to-day production. It is ideal for someone who wants more than a standard kitchen role and is ready to help shape how food is presented and experienced on campus.
What You’ll Be Doing
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Prepare and deliver high-quality food for students, staff, visitors, hospitality guests and events.
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Support the Executive Chef and Head Chef in running a consistent, well-organised and customer-focused food operation.
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Work across hospitality, counter service, events, retail-style service, pop-ups and student-focused concepts.
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Help showcase the Swansea University food offer through strong presentation, standards and fresh thinking.
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Support menu planning, production, ordering, stock control, waste control and due diligence.
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Lead by example during service, supporting chefs, front-of-house colleagues and wider operational teams.
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Maintain excellent food safety, allergen, hygiene and health and safety standards.
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Spot opportunities to improve service flow, food quality and customer experience.
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Coach and support team members, helping create a positive kitchen culture.
About You
You’ll be a confident chef with strong standards, a positive attitude and the drive to keep developing. You’ll understand the pace of a modern university catering environment, where hospitality, counter service, speed, standards and customer experience all matter.
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Experience in a busy kitchen, ideally as a Sous Chef or strong Chef de Partie ready for the next step.
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Strong chef training and a good understanding of food safety, allergens, stock control and kitchen due diligence.
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Experience in hospitality catering, delivered events or conference-style service.
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Experience in counter service, retail-style food service or high-volume customer-facing operations.
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A passion for great-tasting food, presentation and consistent standards.
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Confidence working with chefs, front-of-house teams, managers, clients and customers.
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A calm, organised approach under pressure, with excellent timekeeping and reliability.
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Ambition to grow, progress and make the most of future opportunities within Compass Group.
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A full driving licence would be a bonus, but is not essential.
About Us
As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.
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Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!
