Sous Chef

Sous Chef pay: £39K-£43K including tronc

Iberica Restaurants in looking for an experienced Sous Chef to join our team.

With the expertise and guidance our Executive Chef Nacho Manzano (3 Michelin Stars in Asturias, Spain), we pride ourselves on bringing the best of traditional and contemporary Spanish cuisine to the UK.

The ideal sous chef...

• Is someone with professional cooking experience, who enjoys working for an independently-minded restaurant group.
• Has a strong team-working ethos, guest service-minded and with the ability to create and maintain a welcoming and supportive working environment
• Eager to work in a fast-paced, quality-focused kitchen that handles fresh ingredients and cooks everything from fresh!
• Is committed to following our recipes with love and care, always paying attention to details
• Displays the right skills and experience for leading, managing, and training a team of chefs.
• Can support the Head Chef in managing and controlling all aspects of the kitchen operation, orders, stock takes, H&S and Food Safety compliance.
• Can understand and be understood in English

Iberica is a group of premium Spanish Restaurants delivering memorable Spanish gastronomy to our guests since 2008. 

At Iberica, we put high-quality, produce and service first for our guests. And for ourselves, we build exciting, successful careers by ensuring Learning and Development opportunities are present daily. Internal growth is embedded in our culture!

We are looking for truly engaging individuals who want to help us live by our values and fulfil our mission, which is to be the best ambassadors of the Spanish food, drinks and culture in the UK

So if you feel like starting (or continuing) an exciting career in hospitality…we want to hear from you!

We are always looking to improve our team's journey at Iberica, and these are some of our current initiatives to help you succeed and be happy at Iberica:

• Competitive starting pay package + performance related bonus and reward payments
• A dedicated training team and state-of-the-art training platforms to get you where you want. There are lots of training and development opportunities. 
  
• Enhanced holiday allowance. An extra day for each year you work with us, up to 33 days per year!
• Celebrate your Birthday: Dinner on us!
  
• Refer a Friend Scheme, generous incentives if you help us build a dream team!
  
• Great Staff Discounts (50% in all our restaurants)
  
• Free CODE subscription; access to great discounts in local Bars & Restaurants across the country
  
• Summer and Christmas team parties!

You’ll hear the word family a lot at Ibérica; it’s how we describe our collection of restaurants and it’s also our chief inspiration, with many of our dishes taking their cues from childhood memories of eating with our families in Spain.

These fond memories of coming together to eat meals lovingly prepared from beautiful yet humble ingredients is one of the reasons we’re so passionate about the authentic dishes, wine and culture of our homeland. And why sharing the best of these things with our guests brings us such joy.

In Iberica, we strongly value difference and individuality. We believe that personality and authenticity are what make us special. Your ideas and energy shape every aspect of our people's success.

We celebrate and welcome applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes and experience, and we are proud to generate a culture where everybody feels at their best. For us, this plays a crucial role in helping us creating memorable experience for both our team, and our guests.

We want you to be successful at Ibérica, and we’ll do everything we can to help you. We aim to make this application process and working with us suitable for all. We’re very happy to discuss adjustments to our standard processes to facilitate this for you - just let us know and we can discuss!

There are lots of opportunities to progress and develop your career with us, however far you want to go. We hope to welcome you soon to the Iberica Family.