Sous Chef

‘Barcelona Pool House’

 Located on ‘Avinguda Tibidabo’, our third House in the city will include a state-of-the-art gym, a full-service spa and hair salon, an 18m outdoor pool, a café, plus two floors of club space with a revolving restaurant concept.

The Role… 

As a Sous Chef at Soho House, your role is to deliver a consistently high standard of food for our members and guests and support your Head/Exec Chef in planning, organizing and managing the kitchen according to company policies and standards. 

Main Duties …

Your duties include recruiting, training and assigning tasks to help build a strong team.

You will ensure all food hygiene and safety measures are in place and work alongside the Head Chef to deliver a high-quality dining experience. 

• Representing the company in all that you do. Being a role model to your team in terms of appearance, discipline and conduct and always showcasing our Soho House values.
• Leading by example alongside the Head Chef to deliver high quality and efficient dining experiences for members and guests. 
• Working alongside the Head Chef to monitor and improve the food offering, updating menus to reflect our food philosophy, seasonal offerings and member preferences. 
• Supporting the Head Chef to oversee the entire kitchen operation ensuring efficiency, consistency and adherence to quality standards.
• Overseeing food preparation, cooking and presentation to standard. 
• Supporting with purchasing and cost control according to budgetary goals. 
• Fostering a positive and collaborative work environment within a diverse team. 
• Ensuring teamwork and synergy across all departments through clear, respectful communication. 
• Supporting to recruit and onboard new starters according to staffing levels. 
• Supporting to conduct and track team learning and development and the Cookhouse program to enhance skills and passion for food. 
• Managing staff schedules, holiday requests and payroll and working alongside the People Team to manage HR issues within the kitchen team. 
• Ensuring all food hygiene and safety policies are followed as well as enforcing local and Company compliance policies, procedures and standards.
• Delegating tasks to team and completing daily checklists that support anticipated business levels, production, orders, special requests, events, dietary restrictions and ensures team follows proper allergy procedure.
• Helping to enforce processes to run an effective and efficient kitchen while maintaining the highest-level of standards, food quality, COGS and minimized margins to increase profits without sacrificing taste or member / guest experience.
• Enforcing proper storage procedures and equipment maintenance. 
• Working to deliver high quality Team Meals with varied choices and suitable to all dietary requirements.
• Health & Safety audits
• Feedback from member chilli reports
• Service scan reports 
• Labour/wage costs
• Food costs and GP
• Wastage
• Quality of product
• Annual and quarterly financial targets in relations to EBITDA
• Member retention
• Staff retention
• Health & Safety audits

Requirements …

• A successful Sous Chef for Soho House will ideally have 3-5 years’ experience in a busy high-profile kitchen and a natural flair for first class service in a similar role. 
• You’ll be reliable, friendly and happy to be a key part of the team that strives for success.
• Experience managing P&L, labour, purchasing, vendors and quality control.
• Strong attention to details
• Excellent customer service
• Fluent in English and Spanish
• Organised and reliable
• Ability to work and maximize relationships within a diverse team