Job Description
Location: Aberdeen Football Club, Pittodrie Stadium
Salary: £35,000 per year
- 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
- Plus your birthday off
- 24 weeks' enhanced maternity leave
- Secondary carer leave
- Wedding/commitment day leave.
- Free meals on shift.
- Bespoke training and development opportunities
- Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
- Pension and life insurance.
- Discounts available from HAPI app, from high street shops to holidays & cinema.
- Access to employee assistance programme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
BaxterStorey are delighted to announce they are recruiting for a Sous Chef with banqueting experience at Aberdeen Football Club’s Iconic Pittodrie Stadium based in Aberdeen.
If you have an insatiable appetite for the culinary arts and a burning desire to create food that delights customers and clients, then look no further. At BaxterStorey we offer an exceptional culinary playground where your creativity can flourish, your talents can shine and we wholeheartedly believe in nourishing talent and empowering our chefs to continuously evolve, refine their craft and create a development partnership together to ensure professional growth opportunities.
Job Description
Specific Responsibilities:
- To ensure food production, standards, costs & menu planning are carried out in a timely fashion, as agreed with the General Manager.
- To carry out the smooth and efficient running of The Kitchen.
- Compiling food orders and developing new food concepts.
- To plan, prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by the company and the client.
- To ensure that the company’s reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers.
- To ensure that customers are given a prompt and efficient service and expectations are consistently exceeded.
- To be customer focused at all times; approachable and quick to exceed expectations in fulfilling customer needs.
- To ensure all food is cooked, presented and served in line with company standards, using innovation in the method and style of presentation and food service.
People Management:
- To assess kitchen team performance and recognise training needs and potential as appropriate.
- To assist in the development of the kitchen team by empowering it, supporting it, encouraging it and maintaining an ‘open door’ policy.
- To motivate and lead by example, ensuring you and your team have fun at work and are proud of your efforts.
- To treat your team at location as you would expect to be treated.
- To ensure all financial controls, costings, wastage and orders are met within the client budget.
- To ensure purchasing is made using nominated suppliers and a system for quality and credit controls is maintained.
Health & Safety, Food Safety, the Environment:
- To ensure that the kitchen meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislation and procedures.
- To ensure all equipment is well maintained and is in good working order.
- To ensure safe working practices are followed and equipment faults are reported to the Head Chef.
- To ensure that all company procedures and work instructions are fully understood and practised by all employees.
- To promote and encourage environmental improvement initiatives as appropriate within the business.
Additional Responsibilities:
- To take responsibility for contributing towards your own development with the guidance of the General Manager and attending training courses as identified.
- To show commitment to company values in all aspects of your role.
- To act as a positive ambassador for the business.
- To attend to any reasonable request made by the client or BaxterStorey Management.
- To run the kitchen to the highest standard and best of your abilities.
- To ensure privacy and maintain a strong relationship with Players and staff.
Qualifications
- Proven experience working as a Senior CDP or similar Senior role.
- Proven experience of Banqueting organisation for up to 1100 guests.
- Knowledge of various cooking techniques and cuisines.
- Strong understanding of food safety and sanitation practices.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
- Works according to the BaxterStorey core values.
Additional Information
For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that’s an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.
We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of.
Our drive and belief in our people means that we always strive to supercharge our team’s careers. ‘Better’ is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.
Join us, and be part of the food revolution!
BaxterStorey Values:
ALWAYS VISIONARY: We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.
WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE: We are upbeat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food and is amplified by our people.
CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE: We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.
FOREVER CONSCIOUS: We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.
Interested? Even if you don’t meet all requirements, we like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.
BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce.
The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each team member to feel respected and able to give their best.
And to support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ED&I (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) ambition to ‘set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality’.
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