AM Sous Chef: Breakfast & Brunch Chef Leader

Chetola Resort; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

Professional development

Job summary

Chetola Resort in Blowing Rock, NC is seeking an experienced AM Sous Chef to lead breakfast, brunch, and lunch operations for a new chef-driven restaurant.

You will own kitchen systems, menus, and team development, collaborating with the Chef de Cuisine and Banquet Sous Chef to deliver exceptional dining experiences.

This full-time role offers a collaborative culture, access to local farms, and opportunities to shape a high-country culinary program.

Qualifications

• At least two years of culinary leadership experience in a chef-driven, fine-dining, upscale, resort, or scratch-kitchen environment.
• Demonstrated ability to take full ownership of a culinary operation, meal period, or kitchen department.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to set clear expectations, make sound decisions, and inspire, coach, and develop others.
• Experience managing kitchen schedules, staffing levels, labor costs, food costs, purchasing, inventory, production, and sanitation.
• Proven ability to lead breakfast, brunch, or lunch service in a fast-paced, high-standard environment.
• Excellent knife skills and advanced culinary fundamentals.
• Strong organizational, planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with co-equal culinary leaders while maintaining clear ownership of assigned operations.
• Ability to remain calm, focused, decisive, and solution-oriented under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to consistency.
• Passion for seasonal ingredients, craftsmanship, team development, and hospitality.
• Culinary degree preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of breakfast, brunch, and lunch operations.
• Lead daily prep and service execution with precision and urgency.
• Develop and maintain standardized recipes, procedures, plating guides, and quality standards for AM and lunch.
• Own the development, execution, and improvement of AM menus.
• Lead recipe testing, tastings, and seasonal changes for AM offerings.
• Coordinate with Chef de Cuisine and Banquet Sous Chef on menus and staffing overlaps.
• Manage food and labor costs for AM and lunch within budgets and targets.
• Maintain sanitation, safety, and compliance across AM and lunch periods.

Skills

Culinary leadership

Breakfast service

Brunch service

Lunch service

Staff development

Operations management

Education

Culinary degree preferred

Job description

Chetola Resort in Blowing Rock, NC is seeking an experienced AM Sous Chef to lead breakfast, brunch, and lunch operations for a new chef-driven restaurant.

You will own kitchen systems, menus, and team development, collaborating with the Chef de Cuisine and Banquet Sous Chef to deliver exceptional dining experiences.

This full-time role offers a collaborative culture, access to local farms, and opportunities to shape a high-country culinary program.