Job Description

Job Introduction
Full time 40 hours per week Monday to Friday - some weekends and evenings may be required due to hospitality events 7:00am - 3:30pm 18.16 per hour Opportunities for career development Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Sous Chef

Multiple sites in Cambridge - Full time

A recipe for success; Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.
At Sodexo, you'll belong in a team and thrive in service. We know that our talented chefs are the key to delivering exceptional service and tasteful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.


Build a name with big-brand businesses and corporate clients, delivering high-quality nutritious meals for boardroom lunches, executive events, and daily workplace dining. This role calls for a chef who can blend maintaining excellent standards, while working efficiently in a fast-paced, trend-setting, client-focused environment.

What you'll do:

Cook up mouth watering menu items, with a passion for perfection. Compliance to regulations relating to Sodexo safe systems of work, health & safety, hygiene, cleanliness, fire and COSHH. Contribute to a positive and innovative kitchen culture. Assist the Exec Head Chef in developing and implementing new menu initiatives by collating data, presenting analysis and support with administrative systems support. Ensure minimum wastage occurs within both the kitchen and FOH areas, it is accurately recorded, and actions are taken to reduce wastage wherever possible. Take ownership and be 'hands on' with kitchen related stock control management, including counting, sensor checks, and recounting. Motivate and lead team members to perform their roles to a high standard. Ensure that all staff within the kitchen ops team are adequately trained and skilled to the required level.

Please be aware that this role requires working across multiple sites as needed to cover absences, leave periods, and similar situations.

What you'll bring:

Proven experience as a Sous Chef in a high volume setting Professional cookery or culinary qualifications Strong organisational skills with an ability to prioritise tasks Commitment to maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.


We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.


We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.


We're a Disability Confident Leader employer. We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.


Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Feed our customers and we'll fuel your career.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications