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About the Role
The Senior Sous Chef supports the Head Chef in leading kitchen operations, ensuring high standards of food quality, presentation, and service. This role is crucial for delivering exceptional dining experiences alongside live entertainment and special events within The Addison's unique hospitality environment.
Responsibilities
- Support the leadership of a dynamic kitchen operation, working alongside the Head Chef to deliver exceptional restaurant, event and show-night experiences in a fast-paced entertainment environment.
- Drive outstanding food quality and service standards, ensuring dishes are consistently prepared to recipe, presentation and performance expectations while adapting to changing event schedules and guest needs.
- Lead, coach and develop the kitchen team, overseeing daily workflows, staffing and training to build a motivated, high-performing brigade.
- Manage commercial and operational performance, supporting menu development, stock control, ordering, labour planning, budgeting and cost management to maximise efficiency and minimise waste.
- Champion compliance and operational excellence, maintaining the highest food safety, hygiene and HACCP standards while confidently overseeing kitchen operations in the Head Chef's absence.
Requirements
- Strong culinary leadership experience, ideally as a Sous Chef, Senior Sous Chef or in a similar role within a high-volume hospitality, events or entertainment-led venue.
- Excellent technical expertise, with a strong understanding of cooking techniques, kitchen equipment, food safety regulations and HACCP practices.
- Ability to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced environment, remaining calm, organised and decisive while managing complex services and changing operational demands.
- Proven experience supervising, motivating and developing kitchen teams to deliver consistently high standards.
- Commercial awareness combined with strong communication skills, including experience in menu planning, stock management and cost control.
- Ability to solve problems and deputise effectively for the Head Chef when required.
Skills
- Culinary leadership
- Food quality and presentation
- Team leadership and development
- Menu development
- Stock control
- Ordering
- Labour planning
- Budgeting
- Cost management
- Food safety
- Hygiene
- HACCP
- Communication skills
- Problem-solving
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Relevant culinary qualifications are desirable
Benefits
- 25 Days Annual Leave
- Life Assurance
- 5% Pension Contribution
- Healthshield Cover
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye Care Support
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Referral Scheme
About the Company
- Olympia Events manages iconic event venues at Olympia, a cultural and architectural landmark hosting extraordinary events since 1886.
- Olympia is undergoing a £1.3 billion transformation into London's newest fully integrated entertainment, culture and business destination.
- The redevelopment combines historic event spaces with new facilities for visitors, businesses, and event organisers.
- Legends Global is committed to leading the entertainment industry towards a greener, faster, and more innovative digital future.
- Legends Global aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by colleagues, customers, and suppliers.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to active inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunities.
- We welcome discussions about flexible working arrangements.
- If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know in your application.
- We are dedicated to providing a fair and transparent assessment process and will do our utmost to accommodate your needs.