Sous Chef

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort; Fairmont Hot Springs; On-site; CAD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Golf on two courses

Ski access

Mineral hot springs pools

Recreation & Experience activities

Discounts on F&B, Retail and Lodging

Employee Experience Awards

Job summary

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is seeking a Sous Chef to support the Executive Chef in planning, directing, and evaluating food for restaurants and banquets in a busy resort setting. The role ensures customer service, safety, quality, and profitability are maintained.

Salary is $60,000.00 per annum. The candidate will lead kitchen operations, develop menus for events, and oversee daily production, with opportunities to influence cost control and guest satisfaction across the resort.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• In-depth skills and knowledge of all kitchen operations.
• Strong leadership, communication, organization and relationship skills.
• A true desire to exceed guest expectations in a fast-paced customer service environment.
• Capable of producing a consistent product in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Executive Chef in directing all culinary operations, including the preparation and production of all meals, food quality and presentation, compliance with safety and sanitation standards, team member productivity and performance, and cost control procedures to help profitability.
• Help create and implement menu selections for special banquet themes and events with the Executive Chef and Food & Beverage Manager.
• Coordinate, monitor and help execute all lodge functions as directed by the Executive Chef.
• Assist in monitoring food production, ordering, quality and consistency daily.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, sanitation standards.
• Assist in monitoring and developing team member performance including supervision, evaluations, training, scheduling.
• Duties may evolve with the Food & Beverage Department operations; cooperate with other assignments.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organization

Guest service

Kitchen operations

Job description

Position Summary - The Sous Chef is a lead position that assists the Executive Chef withplanning, directing, and evaluating the purchase, production, presentation, andpricing of food for the Restaurants and Banquets. He/she ensures that the standardsof customer service, safety, quality and performance are maintained as directedby the Executive Chef.

Salary for this position is $60,000.00 per annum.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist theExecutive Chef in the direction and oversight of all culinary operations. Thisincludes the preparation and production of all meals, food quality andpresentation, compliance with all safety and sanitation standards, team memberproductivity and performance, as well as the implementation of resort policieswith regards to cost control procedures to help ensure profitability.
• Help create andimplement menu selections for special banquet themes and events based oncurrent food trends and regional tastes in partnership with the Executive Chefand Food & Beverage Manager, as needed.
• Coordinate,monitor and help execute all lodge functions as directed by the Executive Chef.
• Assist inmonitoring food production, ordering, quality and consistency on a daily basis.
• Ensure compliancewith federal, provincial and company health, safety, sanitation standards areattained.
• Assist inmonitoring and developing team member performance to include, but not limitedto, providing supervision, assisting with evaluations, training, scheduling.
• Duties andresponsibilities will evolve as you become more familiar with the Food &Beverage Department operations.
• Co-operate and acceptother assignments as and when required.

Minimum Qualifications & Skills:

• 5 years’experience in a fast-paced kitchen environment
• In-depth skillsand knowledge of all kitchen operations
• Possess strongleadership, communication, organization and relationship skills
• A true desire toexceed guest expectations in a fast-paced customer service environment
• Capable ofproducing a consistent product in a timely manner

About Us

Who We Are: Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, home toCanada’s largest natural mineral hot springs, is a year-round destinationnestled in the heart of the British Columbia Rocky Mountains and the stunningColumbia Valley. Guests and dayvisitors can enjoy everything one of Canada’s most all-encompassing experienceshas to offer including the legendary natural mineral hot springs pools, 45holes of golf across 3 courses, a stunning RV resort and a campground, theNatural Springs Spa, our family-friendly ski area, and a variety of outdoorexperiences and activities that help connect people with the wonder of nature.

Our Mission: To create warm memories in our year-round mountain getaway.

Our Core Values: Act with Respect, Love where you live and work, Everything with Passion, Always do the right thing, and Make it happen

Who You Are: You are connected with our Mission and Core Values. You describe yourself as someone with a can-do attitude, a strongcommunicator and you work well with guests and colleagues alike to help create an amazing experience on a daily basis.

Perks and Benefits:

• Golfingat our 2 spectacular courses and our Par 3 during the golf season.
• Winter season,youcan skiat our ski hill.
• All year round: Access to the mineral hot springs pools.
• The ability to participate in our Recreation and Experience Activities.
• Discounts on F&B, Retail and Lodging at the resort.
• Eligibilityto participate in our Employee Experience Awards, i.e. Employee of the Month.