Be Yourself - Be LeonardoAt Leonardo Hotels, we are recruiting for a Junior Sous Chef to join our great team in the Kitchen. We are looking for an enthusiastic, genuine and friendly person who really enjoys working in hotels and wants to provide great hospitality to our guests, contributing to them having a memorable stay with us.As Junior Sous ChefWe want youto be part of a great and diverse team working together to provide great products to our guests in the restaurant, bar or conference departments. We set high standards for ourselves so that we can surprise and delight our customers and deliver a great experience.Some Of The Perks You Could Enjoy IncludeSpecial rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you've been dreaming ofCompany-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shopsMeals on dutyTalent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join usWe love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards CelebrationThe important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing SupportOngoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progressionExperience We Expect -Exceptional Chef de Partie looking for their first Junior Sous Chef positionBackground in branded hotels or restaurants is preferred – so you will understand how we workFlexiblility – to enjoy working different shift patterns and seeing the operation on different days of the week including the weekends as well as mornings, or evenings (no split-shifts here)Be comfortable following a standardised menuTo be standards driven and have good organisational skills.To be able to work well under pressure at times and multi task in a fast paced environment and to enjoy itToo be able to communicate and motivate your team providing day to day leadership and directionGood people skills – to work well in a team - we want work to be fun for all of our employeesKnow the EHO requirements and be able to ensure the team do toYour Responsibilities Will BeManage, supervise and participate in the preparation of food for all the Food and Beverage outlets.Ensure food is produced in a timely and efficient manner and meets the highest standards of taste, quality and presentation.Ensure the control of costs and productivity.Keeping the team up to date about departmental, hotel and company activities through daily communicationsTo ensure the kitchen is clean and that the team all know the correct hygiene standards expected.To ensure the kitchen team follow HACCP and food safety standards. Using the tools and equipment provided.To train and develop the team within the kitchen so that a talent pipeline exists for future progression, the company host chef development courses such as The Chef Development Programme and we host internal competitions.Why come and work for us – to receive practical training, development and progression within a dynamic and rapidly expanding company. If you want a career in Hospitality then look no further, we have great programs to support your development towards a long and successful career.About The g Hotel & SpaThe magnificent g Hotel & Spa opened to great fanfare in November 2005. Situated on the banks of Lough Atalia and just five minutes from the centre of one of Europe's most vibrant and popular cities, to this day it remains the only luxurious, 5-star experience in this iconic city.One of the many jaw-dropping features in our Grand Salon is the incredible mirrored lighting display, these 200 individual twinkling lights are designed to represent a burst of water bubbles. Behind it, sits a huge shimmering silver wall tile feature, reminiscent of the patterns seen in sand left by ripples of the water. However, it is not just the look of The g Hotel & Spa that has set us apart since we opened, The GEO is an AA Rosette-winning restaurant experience that celebrates the finest locally-sourced food, delivered by an exceptional team of enthusiastic service staff.About Leonardo HotelsAt Leonardo Hotels, our vision is very simple: to be the first choice for everyone who values genuine hospitality.Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across Europe. We look after over 55 hotels here in the UK & Ireland, and have come a long way since we opened our first hotel in Ireland back in 1993 With approximately 5,000 employees and multiple brands we are a dynamic, innovative and fast-growing company.As an employer we put a big emphasis on career development and as a rule we recruit our operations team members for personality- it is all about how you interact with others and how you can demonstrate our values: Consistent, Friendly, Genuine, Positive and WillingAt Leonardo Hotels each and every team member is individually valued and respected for who you are. All careers within our hotels offer customer interaction, a great deal of variety, and a fun and friendly working environment. We strive to make all of our hotels great places to work, and get our teams involved in activities such as summer barbecues, Christmas parties, Thank You Week and birthday celebrationsWe also offer excellent employee benefits, including huge discounts on overnight stays at our hotels as well as performance-based rewards via our Leo Points system- these range from vouchers to a well-deserved day off