What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sous Chef - Pastaria position at Niche Food Group?
Description
Niche Food Group is looking for an experienced Sous Chef to join our team at Pastaria in downtown Clayton!
Pastaria is the approachable Italian concept inspired by the pasta-making factories and lively osterias of southern Italy. With a mantra of “La Verità,” Pastaria represents Chef Craft’s dedication to “the truth” of Italian cuisine, celebrating the simplicity and quality of great food - organic pastas, Neapolitan-style pizzas, wood oven entrées, and of course, gelato.
At Niche Food Group we value hospitality above all else - extending it to our customers, co-workers, suppliers, investors, and anyone else we can. We strive to be innovators, quality leaders, and are driven to provide memorable, satisfying dining experiences for everyone, every visit.
We offer competitive compensation, extensive benefits, opportunities for growth and advancement, and the experience of working for a James Beard Award-winning chef.
At Niche Food Group, we understand that our success is integrally linked to how well we care for our staff, so we are proud to offer:
- Competitive wages (starting salary weighted by experience)
- Medical coverage for full-time employees (eligible to enroll 60 days after start)
- Free counseling and access to other mental health resources
- Employee relief fund (up to $1,000 in grants for employees each year)
- Paid time off for all full-time employees
- Parental leave
- 401k program with employer match
- Opportunities for growth
- Employee discounts at all Niche Food Group restaurants
If this sounds like the right fit for you, please apply! We look forward to hearing from you!
Requirements
Required skills shown below are purely just a wish list. We don't expect you to possess all of them, but our hope is you're willing and eager to learn anything you don't.
Even more than traditional skillsets or expertise, we’re looking for people to join our team who are compassionate, kind, and sincere. People who are excited about learning and passionate about creating, who take pride in what they do and work hard at it, who naturally, innately value taking care of others.
Ideal candidates will be...
- Self-starters who can recognize issues, challenges, tasks, and take charge to address them
- Organized and efficient, someone who values systems, procedures, consistencies, and standards
- Adept at training, leading, and education
- Quick thinking, proficient at problem solving, able to balance the needs of the guests, as well as the impact those decisions have on the restaurant and staff
- A team player that values fairness, equality, balance, and interested in feedback/perspectives from others
- Unafraid to ask questions, take chances and risks, able to accept failure and learn from it
- Able to communicate effectively, maintain ongoing coaching and conversations with staff, addressing issues as they happen, proactive instead of reactionary
- A strong leader who can delegate, inspire, and engage staff members about their interests, utilize their strengths, and work to improve their weaknesses
- Aware of the importance of food, beverage, and labors costs, and how to control/improve them
- Passionate about hospitality - to our guests, to our staff, to our purveyors and vendors, to everyone
