🏛️ Senior Sous Chef Wanted — Estelle Manor, Oxfordshire

🍽 Opportunity Estelle Manor is hiring a Senior Sous Chef to work directly under the Head Chef, running daily kitchen operations, quality and food safety across the estate's four restaurant concepts — with standing authority to make managerial calls and cover the Head Chef role in their absence. That's real second-in-command responsibility, not just an extra pair of hands on the pass. 👨‍🍳 Role & Responsibilities Assist the Head Chef in overseeing daily kitchen operations Help develop innovative menu ideas and identify new culinary opportunities across the estate Brief departments on menu items — provenance, allergens, nutritionals and other details Oversee budget and operations, working with senior leadership on food health & safety standards Stand in for the Head Chef in their absence, empowered to make managerial decisions, ultimately responsible for everything leaving the kitchen 🌎 ChefJobs Abroad Analysis This is a genuine second-in-command post across a four-concept estate kitchen, not a single-restaurant sous role — stepping in for the Head Chef with full managerial authority when they're out is a real leadership test, not a token line on the job description. Beyond pay, the estate's benefits (pension, life assurance, 28 days holiday growing with service) plus the sheer scale of the operation — four restaurants, a major spa, 108 rooms — make this a solid platform for a sous chef ready to prove they can run a kitchen, not just cook in one. ✅ Best Fit Sous chefs ready to take on full managerial authority when covering for the Head Chef Those with rotational experience across every section of a kitchen Chefs who want to help shape menu direction and identify new culinary opportunities, not just execute Leaders who enjoy mentoring and training a brigade, not just running their own pass Cooks confident managing budgets and daily operations at a multi-outlet scale Not a fit for chefs who aren't ready for real management responsibility and accountability for the whole kitchen's output