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Set overlooking Kensington Gardens, the hotel will feature 67 rooms and suites, Lana Lusa, the legendary Rose Bar and Rose Lounge, alongside The Source wellness offering.\nDelano is a place where personality, creativity and genuine connection come together. We value curiosity, individuality and a sense of fun, creating an environment where our people can be themselves while delivering thoughtful, intuitive and genuinely warm hospitality.\nDelano London is part of Ennismore, a global collective of entrepreneurial, founder-built brands rooted in creativity, culture and community, and a joint venture with Accor.\nJoining Delano London means being part of something from the very beginning. It is an opportunity to help shape the next chapter of an iconic brand, work alongside an ambitious and creative team and play a part in creating a hotel that feels distinctly Delano from day one.\n We are seeking an exceptional Senior Sous Chef to join the pre-opening team of Delano London. Reporting to the Executive Head Chef, you’ll play a key leadership role within the culinary operation, supporting the opening and day-to-day running of our restaurants, bars, room service and events. You’ll help build and inspire the kitchen team, establish exceptional culinary standards and bring creativity, consistency and strong operational discipline to the kitchen.\nSet to open its doors in late this year, Delano London will fuse historic charm with contemporary luxury, reflecting a reimagined experience that pays homage to the original visionary concept. The 67-key luxury retreat will blend soft minimalist design, generous living spaces and park views, creating a distinctive lifestyle destination where design, dining, nightlife and wellbeing seamlessly converge.\nWhat you’ll do…\nSupport the Executive Head Chef in leading the day-to-day culinary operation across breakfast, mediterranean concept for lunch and dinner, ensuring consistently high standards of food quality, presentation and execution.\nAct as a senior leader within the kitchen brigade, maintaining a visible presence across the operation and stepping up in the Executive Head Chef’s absence.\nSupport the opening of the culinary operation, helping to establish kitchen culture, standards, systems and ways of working from day one.\nWork closely with the Executive Head Chef on menu development, recipes, presentation, seasonality and culinary direction across all outlets.\nLead and develop the kitchen team by setting clear expectations, coaching in the moment and creating an environment where people can perform at their best.\nRecruit, onboard and train the opening kitchen team, embedding strong culinary standards, product knowledge, food safety and professional discipline.\nEstablish and maintain SOPs, recipes, preparation standards, kitchen procedures and quality controls.\nEnsure every dish leaving the kitchen reflects the Delano identity, with particular attention to flavour, consistency, presentation and timing.\nWork closely with Front of House to ensure seamless communication between the kitchen and service teams, particularly around pacing, menus, special requests and guest experience.\nOversee mise en place, preparation, service and close-down procedures, ensuring the kitchen operates efficiently and safely.\nSupport the Executive Head Chef with food cost control, GP performance, purchasing, stock management, wastage and portion control.\nMonitor stock levels and work closely with suppliers and purchasing teams to ensure quality, availability and value.\nSupport menu costing and recipe management, ensuring dishes are commercially viable and accurately costed.\nManage kitchen rotas and deployment effectively, balancing business levels, productivity, labour cost and service requirements.\nTake responsibility for kitchen standards during assigned services, maintaining calm, organised and effective leadership during busy periods.\nSupport VIP dining, private events, hotel activations, private dining and special occasions, ensuring an exceptional culinary experience.\nCollaborate with the Executive Head Chef on tastings, trials, menu launches and culinary projects.\nMaintain excellent standards of food safety, HACCP, Health & Safety, allergens, hygiene and legal compliance.\nIdentify opportunities to improve kitchen systems, efficiency, quality and team performance.\nSupport training and development plans, helping to build a strong internal pipeline of future culinary leaders.\nMaintain close communication with the Executive Head Chef and wider Food & Beverage leadership team, ensuring the culinary operation remains aligned with the hotel’s overall vision.\nStep across different outlets and culinary areas when required, bringing a collaborative, one-team approach to the wider hotel operation.\n What we’re looking for…\nYou have strong experience as a Senior Sous Chef, Sous Chef or equivalent senior culinary position, ideally within a luxury hotel, premium restaurant or high-quality lifestyle operation.\nPrevious pre-opening experience would be a real plus - you enjoy building something from the ground up and understand what it takes to establish a successful kitchen operation.\nYou are a confident culinary leader with excellent knowledge of modern cooking techniques, high-quality ingredients, menu development and kitchen operations.\nYou have a strong understanding of food cost, GP, labour, purchasing, stock control, wastage and kitchen productivity.\nYou are passionate about developing people and lead by example, creating a kitchen culture built around professionalism, respect, creativity and high standards.\nYou have excellent organisational skills and remain calm, focused and solutions-oriented when operating under pressure.\nYou have strong attention to detail and understand that consistency is essential to a luxury guest experience.\nYou are comfortable working with kitchen systems including recipe management, costing, inventory, purchasing, HACCP and rota platforms.\nYou have a strong understanding of food safety, allergens, HACCP and Health & Safety requirements.\nYou are an excellent communicator and relationship builder, confident working with Front of House, F&B leadership, suppliers and senior hotel management.\nYou are creative and commercially minded, able to balance culinary ambition with operational and financial realities.\nYou are culturally aware and globally minded, with an understanding of London’s evolving culinary scene and the expectations of a luxury international hotel.\nYou are flexible and prepared to work evenings, weekends and key hospitality moments when required.\nWhat’s in it for you…\nThe opportunity to launch Delano London and help shape its culinary identity from day one.\nThe opportunity to work closely with the Executive Head Chef and play a significant role in establishing the hotel’s kitchen culture, standards and food proposition.\nJoin an innovative, fast-growing, international group committed to building a global brand.\nThe chance to contribute creatively to menus and culinary experiences across the hotel.\nThe opportunity to develop and lead a high-performing culinary team within a luxury pre-opening environment.\nThe chance to be part of a hotel bringing together design, dining, nightlife and culture in a distinctly Delano way.\nA competitive package and plenty of opportunity for development as the hotel and wider brand continue to grow.\nWhy Delano London?\nBe part of the team bringing an iconic brand into its next chapter. At Delano London, personality counts, ideas are welcomed and everyone plays a part in creating something memorable. We work hard, make it fun and look out for one another, with opportunities to learn, grow and build meaningful relationships across Delano, Ennismore and Accor.\nAlongside a supportive and creative team culture, you’ll have access to a range of colleague benefits, hotel stays and experiences across the wider group, and the opportunity to work within a global community of distinctive lifestyle and hospitality brands.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8183,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Hotels & Resorts"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T05:02:07Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"GB","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker","cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-22T06:27:10+00:00","sources":["UK Home Office: register of licensed sponsors (workers)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":17,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.459,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":47,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:1","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/accor-senior-sous-chef-mf","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/accor-senior-sous-chef-mf.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T00:17:58Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":456,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":8914},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=8914"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Faccor-senior-sous-chef-mf"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Faccor-senior-sous-chef-mf"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Faccor-senior-sous-chef-mf"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/accor-senior-sous-chef-mf\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Faccor-senior-sous-chef-mf"}]}