Sous Chef
Watford
£40,000 – £45,000 + excellent benefits
We’re looking for a talented and driven Event Sous Chef to join a fast-paced, high-profile catering operation in Watford. This is an exciting opportunity for a Sous chef with a strong events background who thrives on variety, creativity, and delivering exceptional food at scale.
As Event Sous Chef in Watford, you’ll play a key role in leading the events kitchen, delivering a wide range of experiences—from intimate VIP dinners for 10 guests to large-scale canapé receptions for up to 1,500, BBQ events, lunch events, street food dining and more.
You’ll be responsible for:
Leading the day-to-day events kitchen operation
Planning and delivering diverse, high-quality menus across multiple event styles
Creating innovative, on-trend dishes and menus
Coordinating logistics and ensuring smooth delivery of all events
Catering for production teams and internal events
Supporting the wider on-site catering operation when required
Bringing together kitchen teams to execute events of all sizes
This is a predominantly Monday–Friday role, with flexibility required for evening and weekend events.
We’re looking for a confident and organised senior Sous chef who has:
A strong background in high-volume events catering
Experience delivering varied menus and event styles
Excellent organisational and logistical skills
A passion for menu development and food trends
Strong leadership and team coordination abilities
A proactive, hands-on approach in a fast-paced environment
You’ll be working alongside an experienced and passionate Executive Chef with a strong events and contract catering background, in a well-equipped kitchen with ongoing investment and development.
5 days over 7 – flexible working pattern
Company pension scheme
Generous annual leave (increasing with service) + option to buy additional days
Access to PerkBox (hundreds of discounts, supermarket savings, online GP access)
Employee Assistance Programme & in-house mental health champion
Excellent career development opportunities across the wider business
Free meal on duty
Free Parking
Free shuttle bus to Watford Junction
Heavily discounted state of the art on-site gym
Free “Nearest & Dearest” tickets
30% discount on tickets and merchandise
This is a unique opportunity for a Sous chef wanting to work in Watford to join a business that truly invests in its people, promotes from within, and offers genuine career progression. You’ll be part of an exciting, ever-changing environment where no two days are the same.
Mint People: Flexible Hospitality Staffing That Just Works.
At Mint People, we provide fully trained, highly presentable, and dependable staff to the hospitality, leisure, and events industries. Whether it’s one bartender for a last-minute shift or 150 staff for a stadium event, we’re trusted by some of the UK’s best hotels, venues, and operators to deliver quality people – fast.
With over 10 years’ experience, we’ve become known as one of the most reliable and forward-thinking staffing partners in the North – and beyond. From front-of-house professionals to kitchen porters, housekeepers to event managers, our people are trained in-house through our 5-star onboarding and briefing programme to ensure they’re ready to hit the ground running.
Our clients come back year after year because we understand how unpredictable hospitality can be – and we’re built to flex with it. We’re proud to work with national hotel groups, global event brands, leading caterers and independent operators, offering:
• Fast, flexible staffing solutions – no long contracts or tie-ins
• Fully trained, presentable and prepared people
• Front and back of house cover – including chefs, kitchen teams, bar staff, waiters, housekeepers and more
• Festival and stadium-scale team deployment
• National reach with local knowledge
• On-site support and account management
Our quality promise? We only send people we’d trust to represent our own brand – because they are our brand.
If you need staffing support that’s consistent, stress-free and built around you – you’re in the right place.
Mint People – We've got you covered.
