[RWROM] - Sous Chef Associate Restaurant

Sous Chef Associate Resturant; Italia; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Rosewood Hotel Group in Italy seeks an Assistant to the Executive Sous Chef to lead the culinary team, ensuring top-quality dishes, presentation, and service while upholding Rosewood standards.

You will develop standards for recipes, costing, allergen and nutrition, train staff, support sustainability initiatives, and ensure HACCP compliance across operations.

Responsibilities

• Drive culinary excellence and consistency.
• Train and manage the culinary team, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.
• Participate in regular and effective communication meetings.
• Oversee the punctuality and appearance of all kitchen associates.
• Delegate tasks to the team, setting clear expectations, providing resources and checking outcomes.
• Address, reports and solve where possible associate complaints and feedback.
• Promote and support Rosewood Impacts, the company commitment to sustainable practises and circular hospitality.
• Responsible to fill in and check all HACCP reports
• Ensure all dishes have standardized recipes with costing, technical sheets, allergen sheets and calory count.
• Work with the chef de cuisine on creating bespoke menus and culinary experiences
• Participate in new menu tastings for guests and management
• Always in operation running the service and monitoring associate’s performance.
• Help and support a smooth stewarding operation that controls HOH cleaning and OS&E management.
• Ensure the highest standards of food quality, preparation, and presentation are consistently met.
• Join regular kitchen inspections and audits focused on hygiene, health and safety standards and HOH maintenance.
• Assists in creating market lists, requisitions and deliveries
• Check and report problems with operating equipment
• Adhere to the F&B budget, ensuring all costs are managed at the approved budgeted level.
• Maximize associate’s productivity using multi-skilling, multi-tasking approach and flexible scheduling.
• Support the implementation of energy efficiency practices to reduce and control operational costs and environmental impact
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modelling inclusive behaviours.
• Within the scope of your role and team ensure equitable experiences, strengthening inclusion, and promoting a culture of inclusivity and belonging that embraces the contributions of all associates
• To attend as required any relevant training or educational events relating to diversity, equity and inclusion
• To ensure you uphold company’s pledge to be an equal opportunity workplace. Offering a transparent, fair and consistent recruitment application process for all. Be committed to ensure equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
• Be aware of and comply with safe working practices as laid down under the Health and Safety Act as applicable to your place of work. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards at your workplace.
• Report any defects in the building, plant or equipment according to hotel procedure.
• Ensure that any accidents to associate, guests or visitors are reported immediately in accordance with correct procedures.
• Attend the yearly statutory Fire, Health & Safety training
• Be fully conversant with and abided by all rules concerning : Fire, Health & Safety
• Food Allergen Matrix

Job description

The Role

Guided by our culture, The Calling, we create an environment enlivened by our employee value propositions: Enrich and be Enriched, Bring Your True Self, Curate the Extraordinary, and Leave Your Legacy. As champions of Relationship Hospitality, we cultivate a culture that fosters our values of innovation, passion, collaboration, ownership and transparency. We strive to Make the Place - creating a future where people and place enrich one another.

Assist the Executive Sous Chef on efficiently running the operation, ensuring the highest standards of food quality, presentation, and service, while managing a team of culinary professionals. Work closely with other departments contributing to the overall hotel success reflecting Rosewood Hotels and resort Sense of Place philosophy and commitment to excellence and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Team Management

• Drive culinary excellence and consistency.
• Train and manage the culinary team, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment open to feedback.
• Participate in regular and effective communication meetings.
• Oversee the punctuality and appearance of all kitchen associates.
• Delegate tasks to the team, setting clear expectations, providing resources and checking outcomes.
• Address, reports and solve where possible associate complaints and feedback.

Sustainability

• Promote and support Rosewood Impacts, the company commitment to sustainable practises and circular hospitality.

Operation

• Responsible to fill in and check all HACCP reports
• Ensure all dishes have standardized recipes with costing, technical sheets, allergen sheets and calory count.
• Work with the chef de cuisine on creating bespoke menus and culinary experiences
• Participate in new menu tastings for guests and management
• Always in operation running the service and monitoring associate’s performance.
• Help and support a smooth stewarding operation that controls HOH cleaning and OS&E management.

Quality Control

• Ensure the highest standards of food quality, preparation, and presentation are consistently met.
• Join regular kitchen inspections and audits focused on hygiene, health and safety standards and HOH maintenance.
• Assists in creating market lists, requisitions and deliveries
• Check and report problems with operating equipment

Finance

• Adhere to the F&B budget, ensuring all costs are managed at the approved budgeted level.
• Maximize associate’s productivity using multi-skilling, multi-tasking approach and flexible scheduling.
• Support the implementation of energy efficiency practices to reduce and control operational costs and environmental impact

DEI

• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modelling inclusive behaviours.
• Within the scope of your role and team ensure equitable experiences, strengthening inclusion, and promoting a culture of inclusivity and belonging that embraces the contributions of all associates
• To attend as required any relevant training or educational events relating to diversity, equity and inclusion
• To ensure you uphold company’s pledge to be an equal opportunity workplace. Offering a transparent, fair and consistent recruitment application process for all. Be committed to ensure equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

Health & Safety

• Be aware of and comply with safe working practices as laid down under the Health and Safety Act as applicable to your place of work. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards at your workplace.
• Report any defects in the building, plant or equipment according to hotel procedure.
• Ensure that any accidents to associate, guests or visitors are reported immediately in accordance with correct procedures.
• Attend the yearly statutory Fire, Health & Safety training
• Be fully conversant with and abided by all rules concerning :
• Fire, Health & Safety
• Food Allergen Matrix

Package is aligned with experience and varies from 35k€ to 40k€ annually. The salary range for this position is indicative and provided as a guide. The final offer may vary depending on factors including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. Further details regarding the total reward and benefits package will be shared during the recruitment process. Salary ranges may vary by location in line with local market conditions and applicable pay transparency regulations. Compensation information is shared for the primary location of this role. Where the position is advertised with additional locations the compensation range will be discussed during the recruiting process.