Description

The Sous Chef Cold Side will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Cold Foods Department. Assists the Kitchen Management team by sharing responsibilities such as: opening, closing, and taking inventories.

Other responsibilities include, but not limited to:

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists the Executive Chef in maintaining the highest quality standards.
• Manages the cold food production ensuring that food is prepared in an organized, efficient, and timely manner.
• Meets all established food preparation deadlines through effective management of staff within the department.
• Utilizes high sanitation standards and monitors the overall cleanliness of the department ensuring the entire staff practices safe and sanitary food handling procedures.
• Responsible for training staff and on-the-job instructions.
• Maintains recipe standards to ensure that the food produced is consistently good and to specification.
• Ensures that food is fresh, properly seasoned and attractively displayed.
• Responsible for quality assurance of all cold foods produced by the department, must be especially attentive to the look, color, texture, and taste, generating a consistent product every time.
• Responsible for adequate staff scheduling to meet workload requirements.
• Monitors staff productivity to maximize efficiency in order to meet budgetary guidelines set by management.
• Maintains food costs that have been predetermined by management and assists with inventory control.
• Compiles, organizes, and distributes food orders and labels as necessary for cold Foods Departments’ daily production.
• Performs other duties associated with the position that are reasonably assigned to support the overall needs of the business.

Qualifications

• BS degree in culinary science or related certificate would be a plus.
• 2 years of experience as a Sous Chef is required.
• Understanding of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment, and procedures a must.
• Excellent record of kitchen and staff management required.
• Accuracy and speed in handling emergency situations and providing solutions is needed.
• Familiarity with industry’s best practices is desired.
• Working knowledge of various computer software programs (MS Office, etc.) is needed.