Junior Sous Chef

With an exciting full refurbishment underway and our reopening planned for late October 2026 , we’re getting ready for a brilliant new chapter at The Red Lion — and we’re looking for a talented Chef de Partie to join us on the journey. We’re expecting to be busier than ever when we reopen, so this is a fantastic opportunity to join our kitchen team at a really exciting time.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about great food, takes pride in what they do and enjoys working in a busy, vibrant kitchen alongside a supportive team. What’s in it for you? Up to £34,000 per annum plus a share of Tronc (this can be up to £5000 per year) Flexible shift patterns Up to 33% off meals taken off duty for you and up to 6 guests 33% off our hotel accommodation & 20% for Friends and Family Development program with a clear pathway to Head Chef Access to the lifestyle card – which will provide you with instant access to over 5,000 discounts across all aspects of their lifestyle.

With thousands of discounts covering local independents, national and online businesses, there are plenty of opportunities to save money. The lifestyle card is a 100% free benefit for our Upham Inn team members. Service Awards A Birthday Gift Refer a friend and Chef recruitment incentives of up to £1000 Junior Sous chef Requirements: Be a strong Leader, with the ability to train, Coach and develop junior chefs At least 1 year experience as a Sous/junior Sous chef Great communication skills Right to Work in the UK Excellent culinary and presentation skills Junior Sous Chef Responsibilities: To work and support the Sous/Head Chef and management Experience working within company defined menus and recipes Manage staff rosters and allocation of work details Be able to fulfil training and growth of the team Be able to food order, stock control and correct storage of food stocks A Genuine desire to provide high quality food and service Maintain and manage the required high operational and personal standard of hygiene and presentation within the team at all times.

Comply with all Food safety, fire, Health and safety, licensing and employment laws What do we do? We own a collection of beautiful and individual premium pubs across Southern England. Our pubs are in idyllic settings in country villages and towns, where we are proud to be the quality local of the area, serving high quality fresh pub food in a cozy pub ambience.

Most of our pubs have some Charming Bedrooms as well. New to our growing family is Harper’s Steakhouse, a new premium American Steakhouse brand that we started rolling out last year. It’s an exciting time to join us! Upham Inns is growing, and we want you to grow with us and be part of our success. We’ve been busy investing in our business and we are seeing some great results.

So, we want to continue to grow our pub family and we are looking to recruit passionate people into our team We are looking for great people to join us Our company is big enough to support you but small enough to care about your individual needs. We are a friendly, hands-on team who have a passion for running great pubs.

We are always on the lookout for like-minded people who have the desire to work and grow with us.