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About the Role

The Sous Chef supports the Senior Sous Chef and Head Chef in the day-to-day operation of the kitchen, helping to deliver exceptional food quality, consistency, and presentation across restaurant, event, and performance-led services. The role requires the ability to deliver outstanding dining experiences while supporting service that operates alongside live entertainment, performances, and special events.

Responsibilities

• Support and lead daily kitchen operations, working closely with the Head Chef and Senior Sous Chef to ensure smooth, efficient delivery across restaurant, event and show-night services.
• Oversee food production and service excellence, ensuring all dishes are prepared to agreed recipes, quality standards and presentation specifications, even within demanding event schedules.
• Coordinate and develop the culinary team, supervising kitchen staff, managing workflows and schedules, and providing coaching and mentoring to build a high-performing team.
• Drive operational efficiency and commercial performance, supporting menu development, costing, portion control, inventory management, labour planning and food cost control to maximise profitability.
• Champion compliance, adaptability and guest satisfaction, maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards while responding effectively to changing event requirements and customer needs.

Requirements

• Proven culinary leadership experience, gained as a Sous Chef or accomplished Senior Chef de Partie within a quality hospitality, events or restaurant environment.
• Strong technical expertise, with excellent knowledge of cooking techniques, kitchen equipment and food safety regulations.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic setting, remaining calm, organised and adaptable while balancing competing priorities and evolving event schedules.
• Ability to lead and motivate teams effectively, using strong communication, people management and problem-solving skills to deliver exceptional results.
• Commercial awareness combined with excellent organisation, confidently managing time, resources and operational demands to support outstanding service delivery.
• Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Skills

• Cooking techniques
• Kitchen equipment knowledge
• Food safety regulations
• Communication skills
• People management skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Time management
• Resource management

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Sous Chef
• Senior Chef de Partie

Education Level

• Culinary qualifications are advantageous

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 the iconic event venues at Olympia, a cultural and architectural landmark that has hosted extraordinary events since 1886.
• Olympia is entering an exciting new chapter, at the heart of a £1.3 billion transformation, the estate has been reimagined as London's newest fully integrated entertainment, culture and business destination.
• Legends Global is committed to leading the entertainment industry towards a greener, faster, and more innovative digital future.
• We aim to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our 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.