Sous Chef

Located in the heart of West Hampstead, The Black Lion offers a unique concept to most other venues. We are cooking up epic feel-good comfort food to accompany our legendary cocktails, craft beers & live music. We have the only sun-trap beer garden around, which is THE spot in North West London in the summer, rolling out amazing low 'n' slow BBQ specials all summer long.

Here at Metro Pub Company, our mission is simple - we want this to be the best place you’ve ever worked.

At Metro we’re looking for individuals who share our passion for food to join our kitchen team. We’re looking for individuals with creativity, professionalism and a focused attitude.

Our pubs and our people have so much in common; individual, strong characters, local, independent and simply the best! Like any family, we’re protective over who we let into our fold – we only want the crème de la crème for our precious MPCo.

So what’s in it for you?

When you walk through our doors, we want you to feel as though you’re at home. You’re free to bring all that is your wonderful self into our pubs and in turn, we will reward you with the opportunity to progress and develop as far as your imagination sees fit. We have a cracking Apprenticeship programme if that’s your thing and we’re happy to set you up and watch you fly!

Sounds good – but who are we?

We’re Metropolitan Pub Company (or Metro Pub Co for short). You’ve probably never heard of us as a collective but that’s the way we like it! Our pubs are unique and individual and we wouldn’t want them to feel any other way. We’re massive advocates of local pubs being just that, local, with their own character and charm. We were acquired by Greene King in 2011 and have continued to flourish under their umbrella. We have around 65 “urban locals” where we are proud to create warm and friendly places our guests don’t want to leave and teams who feel exactly the same.

Fancy joining us? Here’s what you need:

A National Insurance Number and bank account

Good written and spoken English

The right to work in the UK.

- Competitive rates of pay

- Great discounts including 33% off all Metro and Greene King pubs (over 3000 venues} 

- Heavily discounted stays in our hotels.

- Salaried Bonus Scheme

We are looking for a Sous Chef who is hands on, creative, and passionate about creating amazing food in a truly unique venue. You will be supporting the head chef and running the kitchen day to day and when the head chef is away. You will be involved in ordering, menu building, stocks, rotas and event planning. 

This truly is a wonderful opportunity for a dedicated and passionate Chef to join a well-established team that is passionate about delivering incredible food and exceptional service.

1 years experience as a sous chef.