Campus Field Sous Chef - Rotating Coverage & Events

Upper Crust Food Service; Corvallis (OR); In loco; USD 60.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Upper Crust Food Service seeks a Field Sous Chef to cover multiple campus houses, leading daily service and coordinating back-of-house operations. The role rotates across all houses, building relationships with kitchen teams and campus leadership, and supporting new onboarding and special events.

The ideal candidate holds a culinary degree or equivalent experience, with 3+ years of kitchen work and at least 1 year as Sous Chef.

Competenze

• Culinary degree or equivalent professional kitchen experience.
• 3+ years in a professional kitchen, with at least 1 year at the Sous Chef level or equivalent.
• Ability to execute a menu designed by another chef to that chef's standard.
• Strong food safety knowledge; ServSafe certification or ability to obtain within 60 days of hire.
• Flexibility and mobility — willingness to work across multiple kitchens on short notice, including early mornings, evenings, and occasional weekends.
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to integrate quickly into established kitchen teams.

Mansioni

• Receive daily assignments from the Area Manager or Operations Specialist and report to the assigned house ready to lead service.
• When covering an absent Chef, execute the house's planned menu to the standard expected by the house's clients — preserving continuity during the absence.
• Manage back-of-house operations for the day including prep coordination, station setup, food safety compliance, and service execution.
• Partner with the house's front-of-house team and house leadership on day-of logistics, dietary accommodations, and guest needs.
• Rotate across all houses served on campus, building working relationships with each house's team, clients, and leadership.
• Learn each kitchen's equipment, inventory systems, vendor relationships, and service cadence.
• Document insights, standards, and opportunities observed across houses to inform campus-wide best practices.
• Provide pre-service prep assistance at houses with high-volume meal periods.
• Support new house onboarding during the first weeks of service on a new campus contract.
• Execute special events including philanthropies, recruitment events, and formal dinners.
• Complete structured shadow time with senior chefs as part of a documented development plan.

Conoscenze

Strong interpersonal skills

Leadership

Menu execution

Adaptability

Formazione

Culinary degree or equivalent

Descrizione del lavoro

Upper Crust Food Service seeks a Field Sous Chef to cover multiple campus houses, leading daily service and coordinating back-of-house operations. The role rotates across all houses, building relationships with kitchen teams and campus leadership, and supporting new onboarding and special events.

The ideal candidate holds a culinary degree or equivalent experience, with 3+ years of kitchen work and at least 1 year as Sous Chef.