Senior Sous Chef

Senior Sous Chef

Location: Inverness, Scotland
Salary: £37,000 per annum

Step into a senior leadership role at one of the city's leading restaurants, housed in a striking riverside location. This busy, high-energy restaurant serves up to 250 covers per day, with a strong emphasis on exceptional butchery and seafood.

As Senior Sous Chef, you will be instrumental in supporting the Head Chef and setting new standards - pushing food quality, driving operational excellence, and helping shape the future of the business. There's real scope to make your mark.

What You'll Do

• Assist the Head Chef in all kitchen operations, ensuring service runs smoothly and to the highest standard
• Be hands-on in daily service, stepping in where needed and delivering consistency in every dish
• Drive the development and execution of menus focusing on seasonal local produce
• Support cost control via stock management, GP monitoring, purchasing, and waste control
• Mentor, train, and lead junior chefs with clear direction, motivation, and coaching
• Uphold rigorous food safety and hygiene standards at all times
• Work closely with management to deliver on KPIs and maintain operational excellence

About You

• Minimum 2-3 years' experience as a Sous Chef in a busy, high-volume restaurant or similar environment
• Proven expertise with meat & seafood cooking
• Strong commercial awareness - you understand GP, cost of goods, labour control, and profitability
• Natural leader: calm under pressure, organised, effective communicator, hands-on approach
• Ambitious and driven:you want to grow, influence, and deliver culinary excellence

What's In It For You

• £37,000 base salary
• £1,200 KPIdependentbonus (paid every two months)
• Average monthly tips of £1,000 (this rises considerably during peak season)
• 45-hour workweek (very rarely more, with time off in lieu)
• 5-day workweek
• Temporary accommodation (above the restaurant) for 3 months to aid relocation
• A chance to leave your footprint in a growing, high-profile restaurant
• Work in one of Scotland's most beautiful cities

Ready to make your move?
To apply or learn more, get in touch with Andrew at

Kellan Group (including all of our brands, Berkeley Scott and Xpress Recruitment) are committed to promoting equal opportunities to people regardless of age, gender, religion, belief, race, sexuality or disability. We operate as an employment agency and employment business. You'll find a wide selection of vacancies on our websites