Sous Chef – Crawley

What’s in it for you…?

• Accommodation can be provided if needed
• A company culture to get excited about – empathetic and supportive senior management, your own personal development plans, having a voice, and a focus on you having a work/life balance
• Excellent training and professional development, including achieving a L4 Management Diploma, L3 Health & Safety and L3 Food Safety, Training Skills, Fire Marshall, First Aid...and much more
• Long-service gifts and treats because we value our employees
• Inspiring industry days out, trips to vineyards and breweries, staff parties and other team building events - all to celebrate success
• Refer a Chef bonus scheme - earn yourself £s
• Meals whilst on duty to sample our menu
• Safety shoes and first set of uniform provided
• Employee of the month - win a £50 voucher
• Staff discount - 50% off food when visiting any of our 11 sites
• We offer 'Stream' - access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it and shopping discounts
• We have a longstanding & successful relationship with the Licenced Trade Charity (LTC) and they are now our official Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) & well-being partner
• Pension contributions (NEST) and holiday pay

Winners at the 2026 Publican Awards – Best Pub Employer!

Our Sous Chefs are committed and passionate about their teams and about the food that they serve. You will need to have had at least 2 years’ previous experience of working in high-volume kitchens as a Shift Leader/Duty Chef/Chef Manager – delivering dishes to company time standards and specification and managing teams of up to 5 on service – chefs and KPs.

The Curious Pig is the latest addition to the Barons family and after a successful first year trading we are now looking to grow the Kitchen Management team.

A key factor of your success will be the ability to remain calm under pressure, and have the qualities to lead and motivate the team to consistently produce great food.

The dishes and specials on the menus are created by our food development team and change regularly; ensuring your kitchen team delivers meals to these tight specifications is another key part of the role.

• You will have a solid commitment to mentoring and developing teams, and a keen eye for detail
• You will assist the Head Chef in providing exceptional food quality and presentation
• You will strive to ensure the kitchen is run professionally, profitably, efficiently and compliantly