sous chef

Join us as a Senior Sous Chef

Location: at Wagamama Horsham

Employment Type: Full Time

Salary: £16.29 per hour

Added: yesterday

Expires on: 2026-09-18

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Senior Sous Chef | Full Time

£16.29 per hour + tips + up to £3,000 bonus per year

at Wagamama, food is life. Our kitchens are all about fresh food, fast-paced, and full of real people making real food. No microwaves, no shortcuts, just big energy and bigger flavours. As senior sous chef, you'll run the pass, lead the team, and bring the buzz. It's a role built for head chefs in the making, with real responsibility, real impact, and real food.

Horsham brings together a strong local community, great food culture, and easy access to London and the South Coast.

What you'll be doing

• Creating a place where your team feels safe, seen, and proud to show up
• Making sure food quality and kitchen vibes stay sky-high
• Mentoring chefs and helping them grow
• Jumping into prep, solving problems, and keeping pace
• Thinking with a Kaizen mindset. Constantly spotting the little ways we can do things better, then making them happen

You'll love this role if you...

• You're currently a kitchen manager or senior sous chef eager to take the next step
• Thrive working with fresh food
• Love the energy of a busy service
• Care about food, people and creating a safe space
• Want the opportunity to grow into a head chef
• Believe kitchens should be full of energy, passion, and connection

What you'll get

• A culture that backs your growth, wellbeing + individuality
• Up to £3,000 annual bonus
• A share of tips
• 50% off Wagamama outside of work
• Free meals on shift
• Early access to earned pay with Wagestream
• 26 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay for new parents
• 30% off at our other brands (Brunning & Price pubs, BarBurrito + more)

In addition to this, we offer benefits such as: pension scheme, holiday, training, cycle to work scheme, retail + leisure discounts, discounted gym memberships + long service awards.

Apply today + take a seat at the bench

We're proud to be a disability confident employer. No matter where you're from or who you are, you've got a place at our bench.

Feed yourself, feed others

Paid as a salary of: £40,653 per year based on a 48 hour contract

100% of tips go to our teams. Actual tips by restaurant will vary. Tips are left solely at our guests' discretion and are not considered as wages by the company nor are they guaranteed in any way.

Where you'll be working from

• + tips + up to £3,000 bonus per year
at wagamama, food is life. our kitchens are all about fresh food, fast-paced, and full of real people making real food. no microwaves, no shortcuts, just big energy and bigger flavours. as senior sous chef, you'll run the pass, lead the team, and bring the buzz. it's a role built for head chefs in the making, with real responsibility, real impact and real food horsham brings together a strong local community, great food culture, and easy access to london and the south coast what you'll be doing
• creating a place where your team feels safe, seen, and proud to show up
• making sure food quality and kitchen vibes stay sky-high
• mentoring chefs and helping them grow
• jumping into prep, solving problems, and keeping pace
• thinking with a kaizen mindset. constantly spotting the little ways we can do things better, then making them happen
you'll love this role if you...
• you're currently a kitchen manager or senior sous chef eager to take the next step
• thrive working with fresh food
• love the energy of a busy service
• care about food, people and creating a safe space
• want the opportunity to grow into a head chef
• believe kitchens should be full of energy, passion and connection
what you'll get
• a culture that backs your growth, wellbeing + individuality
• up to £3,000 annual bonus
• a share of tips
• 50% off wagamama outside of work
• free meals on shift
• early access to earned pay with wagestream
• 26 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay for new parents
• 30% off at our other brands (brunning & price pubs, barburrito + more)
in addition to this, we offer benefits such as: pension scheme, holiday, training, cycle to work scheme, retail + leisure discounts, discounted gym memberships + long service awards apply today + take a seat at the bench we're proud to be a disability confident employer. no matter where you're from or who you are, you've got a place at our bench feed yourself, feed others
• paid as a salary of £40,653 per year based on a 48 hour contract
• 100% of tips go to our teams. actual tips by restaurant will vary. tips are left solely at our guests discretion and are not considered as wages by the company nor are they guaranteed in any way
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