In the heart of historic Westminster, you'll find Old Queen Street Café, a British brasserie with delectable food in a relaxed and warm environment. Near to Parliament, Old Queen Street Café is a place to debate the news of the day. The setting is a beautiful town house boasting a 60-cover restaurant, a bustling events space and private members' club.

Lantana leads the creation and operational delivery of this one-of-kind customer experience on behalf of our client, political and cultural magazine UnHerd.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Sous Chef to join us; could it be you? This is an exciting opportunity to craft culinary masterpieces and lead a passionate team in a vibrant and innovative environment.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Craft Culinary Masterpieces : Build delicious, beautifully presented dishes, reflecting seasonality, sustainability and be nutritionally balanced whilst being exciting and delicious.
Lead with Confidence : Manage shifts with a balance of control and relaxation, ensuring smooth operations.
Build and Inspire : Drive quality and high standards amongst your team. Recruit, motivate, train, and retain a passionate and skilled team.
Drive Excellence : Take accountability for client satisfaction, exceeding their expectations whilst committing to extensive safety and financial health.
Support Your Head Chef : Collaborate closely to maintain the high standards of our kitchen and step into their shoes when they take a deserved break.

To be successful in this role you’ll :

Have a strong background in restaurants and events at Sous level.
Demonstrate a passion for working with fresh, seasonal produce.
Possess excellent communication skills and maintain a professional attitude.
Be experienced in stock control and order systems, ensuring efficient and cost-effective kitchen operations.
Have a proven track record of working to targets and KPIs, with a solid understanding of financial management within the kitchen.
Exhibit strong leadership skills, with experience in leading a kitchen team and stepping into the Head Chef's role in their absence.
Be presentable, organised and tech-savvy, with a solid career path demonstrating the ability to manage a kitchen successfully.

What We’ll Be Doing In Return:

Paying overtime!
Developing your skills for whatever your future career might be; with us or elsewhere
Serving team meals that are always from the menu
An extra day off on your birthday (or the day after….)!
Providing an annual CODE app subscription
Giving 50% discount in any of our restaurants
Enrolling you onto the Hospitality Action Support Group
Celebrating with you at team parties

You must have proof of right to work in the UK to join us.

Lantana is proud to be a London business and wishes to support the communities that it operates in. It will do this by giving priority to those that live within London or Greater London, which will also have additional environmental benefits.

Lantana values a diverse workforce and believes that people from different backgrounds can bring fresh ideas, thinking and approaches to the way we work. We welcome everyone from everywhere to come and join our team. Please let us know if we can support you in any specific ways to apply to join us.