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Senior Sous Chef - Riverside East
Location: Riverside East – Stratford, Olympic Park
Salary: £40,000, plus tips & paid overtime
Hours: 45 hours/week
We’re celebrating our first year at Riverside East – a buzzing venue in the heart of the Olympic Park – and we’re looking for a talented Senior Sous Chef to join our team.
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who’s ready to step up in their career. The role has the potential to grow into a Head Chef position in the future, making it ideal for someone with ambition, drive, and leadership potential.
About us:
Our food offering is all about amazing brunches, bespoke events, and collaborations with some of the best street food traders – think smash burgers, wood-fired pizzas, and crowd-pleasing plates with a creative edge. As well as seasonal canape and bowl food.
What you’ll be doing:
• Leading the kitchen during busy services and supporting daily operations
• Developing seasonal menus and specials in collaboration with the Head Chef
• Championing quality, flavour, and presentation across everything we serve
• Supporting stock control, ordering, and kitchen systems
• Helping to train and inspire a close-knit team
What we’re looking for:
• A solid Senior Sous Chef or experienced Sous Chef (2+ years in a similar role)
• Strong leadership and communication skills – someone who leads by example
• A real passion for food, sustainability, and reducing waste
• Calm under pressure and thrives in a fast-paced kitchen
• Confident in managing service and maintaining high standards when the Head Chef is off-site
Why join us?
• Be part of a growing, independent venue where your input genuinely matters
• Join a supportive, creative kitchen team
• The chance to grow with us, with a clear path toward a future Head Chef role
• Work at a unique venue in one of London’s most exciting cultural destinations
Company Benefits
- Company sick pay (10 days)
- Medicash- dental care, optical treatments, physiotherapy etc
- Employee assistance programme- counselling and support
- Discounts on shopping, travel, entertainment and dining
- Birthday day off
- Hybrid and remote working options
- Quarterly team socials
- Apprenticeship programmes available
- Festival and sport event tickets/drink tokens
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
T&C’S APPLY
If this sounds like your kind of kitchen, we’d love to hear from you!
To Apply – please send your cv to jamie.duvale@riverside-east.co.uk, with Sous Chef as the email subject.
Values required
Passion
We tackle challenges and opportunities with passion and enthusiasm. Across the business we have fun whilst we do it.
Agility
We are always flexible to the needs of the business. Our people generate innovative ways of working. In return our leadership
embraces new ideas and opportunities.
Team Work
We work as one team to achieve a common goal. We support our customers, our partners and each other.
Customer Focus and Excellence
We make a difference by going the extra mile for our customers and each other.
Business Specific Requirements
Operating Environment & Context
The business is very seasonal. Summer months are incredibly busy, with the busiest periods between May to September, and the month December. Many event sites are outdoor events and festivals on weekends.
Travel & Other Requirements
Travel required to and from events if required during the summer months. It is expected that you will visit certain events to assist the onsite teams, provide in person training and feedback or evaluate performance, system and process.
Overnight stays may be required but in conversation with yourself.
Evening and weekend availability is expected in the summer months during live events to assist where necessary. This can be remote. Overtime is paid.
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