Retail/Catering Sous Chef

Job Description:

Supervises culinary staff and provides culinary expertise in food preparation service, assuring proper production techniques, portion control and plating standards are applied according to menu, recipe, and department standards.

Posting Details

• Shift: 11am-8pm; Off Sunday and Monday
• Full Time 40 hrs/weekly
• Will oversee 7-8 Direct Reports

Essential Functions

•  Leads, guides, assigns work and follows up to ensure completion of assigned tasks
• Supports a disciplined environment and provides after hours supervision in the absence of the supervisor or Chef
• Maintains a station while supervising the operation
• Mentors and develops staff using sound culinary principles
• Uses culinary knowledge, enhances product quality by contributing ideas to menu cycles and recipe development
• Prepares new recipes, documents result, and make recommendations for improvement
• Ensures recipe compliance and portion control
• Orders goods as needed; uses culinary math and historical data to calculate amounts
• Reports equipment problems and documents history of repairs
• Ensures proper food handling methods, product rotation and storage
• Ensures department compliance with department, hospital, and regulatory guidelines
• Ensures compliance with HACCP standards
• Participates in the training of staff and performs supervisory functions
• Enforces compliance with portioning and presentation standards

Skills

• Food Handling
• Food Safety and Sanitation
• Food Production
• Follows Instructions
• Recipes – ability to understand, execute and develop
• Reading
• Organizing
• Communication

Minimum Qualifications

• Food Handler Permit (as required by State/County) or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work.
• Demonstrated ability to read and communicate effectively in English.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques, in all applications
• Understands workflow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred)
• Understands and prepares food according to modified diets using appropriate techniques where applicable (preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to utilize commercial cooking equipment (preferred)
• Five years supervisory experience, culinary degree, or certificate (Preferred)
• Inventory control, purchasing, costing, and forecasting experience (Preferred)

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

Physical Requirements:

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemical