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Sous Chef – Chilston Park Hotel

Location: Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2BE

Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum + service charge + excellent colleague benefits Job Type:

Full-time | Permanent | 5 days out of 7

Come and join our Team...

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic Sous Chef at Chilston Park Hotel, part of Hand Picked Hotels. Set within 77 acres of breathtaking parkland, Chilston Park Hotel is more than a captivating country house hotel - it’s a place where hospitality professionals thrive. Tucked away along tranquil, tree-lined avenues, our team delivers unforgettable weddings, stylish escapes, and exclusive events, all with a seamless blend of heritage, contemporary flair, and refined elegance. As a member of our team, you will help create unforgettable moments for guests as they explore our tranquil parkland, celebrate special events, and enjoy our personalised service, with an emphasis on service excellence & consistency.

If you’re passionate about hospitality, thrive in a supportive environment, and enjoy making a real difference to someone’s stay, Chilston Park Hotel offers an inspiring place to grow your career.

What will the role involve?

The role of a Sous Chef at Chilston Park involves supporting the delivery of an exceptional culinary experience for guests, ensuring that dishes consistently reflect creativity, quality, and seasonal diversity. Working closely with the Head Chef, the Sous Chef will help oversee food preparation and service, maintain outstanding standards of presentation and flavour, and play a key part in the smooth day-to-day running of the kitchen. As Sous Chef, your role will focus on supporting and developing the culinary team through training, guidance, and leading by example during service. Responsibilities also include helping to manage kitchen operations, monitoring stock and costs, maintaining strong relationships with suppliers, and assisting with menu delivery across the hotel, special events in our private dining rooms and ensuring every dish enhances the guest experience and upholds the hotel’s reputation for excellence in luxury hospitality.

This is a full-time role working 5 days out of 7 including weekends on a rota basis, 45hours per week, which may vary depending on business.

What’s in it for you?

Are you Hand Picked?

We are looking for active and enthusiastic candidates that have a willing attitude and a welcoming and friendly nature. We work as a team to ensure our hotel operates smoothly and our guests are receiving a high-quality, personalised, and magical experience that they remember, recommend and return to time and time again.

You will have strong Sous Chef or Senior Sous Chef experience within a multi-outlet rosette/Michelin hotel environment, with exposure to weddings, bespoke events and private dining, and a consistent focus on precision, organisation and attention to detail.

We want people that are passionate, showing the ability to go above and beyond naturally, that take pride in delivering consistently high standards and pay attention to all the details, with a focus on service, excellent and consistency as the everyday.

Who we are…

Hand Picked Hotels was founded in 2001 by owner and Chairman, Julia Hands MBE, and today still remains a family-owned group which has 21 unique luxury country houses and coastal retreats, each hand picked for their individuality. Architecturally distinctive and quintessentially British, every hotel boasts an extraordinary location from Scotland to the Channel Islands, offering breathtaking views from vast countryside to expansive beaches, to lush woodlands. Dedicated to creating unique and enchanting stays, curated personalised service runs through the heart of every hotel. Whilst each hotel is individual, each property fulfils the company values of family, individuality, community and care, with a team commitment to aiming higher and delight their guests with magical experiences that offer a true escape from the every day. Hand Picked Hotels are committed to protecting the environment for a sustainable future, and all of our hotels have received the ‘Green Tourism’ accreditation. A Recognition of our progress in reducing energy use and waste, supporting biodiversity, and sourcing responsibly from local and ethical partners.

Apply Today If you're an experienced Sous Chef looking to work in a luxury hotel, take the next step in your career with Chilston Park Hotel and apply now.

Hand Picked Hotels is an Equal Opportunities employer. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.