What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sous Chef position at Lowland?
Duties and Responsibilities
- Execute and oversee the production of all menu items.
- Complete understanding of work safety and emergency procedures.
- Expedite orders correctly and efficiently to ensure smooth kitchen flow.
- Fully understand the importance of and have the ability to utilize standard recipe cards and plating guides.
- Assisting with creation and execution of daily specials.
- Ensure all foods are up to our quality and standards, all specials are current with the seasons and trends.
- Ensure A standards for kitchen cleanliness and follow all Health Department Guidelines to ensure proper food handling from the beginning to the end when the food is leaving the kitchen.
- Attend all weekly management meetings and corporate meetings that are scheduled. Hold monthly mandatory kitchen meetings and address all issues that arise.
- Assisting the chefs and coordinating with the purchaser with ordering on a daily basis.
- Assisting the chefs with the scheduling on a weekly basis.
Fiscal Responsibility
- Assisting and monitoring daily labor and food cost reporting sheets to ensure costs are trending within budgeted parameters.
- Assisting reviewing monthly profit and loss statement and acts on all variances.
Qualifications
- Minimum 3-4 years professional hospitality leadership experience in a similar environment
- Fully understand the purpose of and have the ability to produce all Mother Sauces, all stocks and have the ability to utilize them to make any other needed sauce.
- Competent in fabricating all meat, fish and poultry.
- Understand the differences and uses of all herbs and types of seasonings.
- Excellent product identification knowledge in produce, meats, fish, herbs, grains and equipment.
- Understand, and have the ability to train, on all basic cooking methods: braising, poaching, roasting, steaming, sauté, grilling, blanching.
- Excellent knife skills, ability to cut all vegetables and fruits in all utilized cuts and have the ability to train and monitor others..
- Management certified according to state health department criteria procedures.
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Job Type: Full-time
