Creative Sous Chef | Fast-Paced Kitchen Leader

Luminary Hotel & Co; Spartanburg (SC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Luminary Hotel & Co in Spartanburg, SC seeks a Sous Chef to lead day-to-day kitchen operations across all F&B outlets, maintaining Autograph Collection standards under Mainsail Lodging & Development. You will support the Executive Chef with staff scheduling, product quality, and safety, while preparing a wide range of dishes and ensuring guest satisfaction in a fast-paced, high-volume setting.

This role requires strong leadership, knife skills, and the ability to work under pressure, with long

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent or higher.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in restaurant.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the day to day managing of the kitchen staff.
• Assist the Executive Chef with scheduling of kitchen staff.
• Basic vegetable prep to include peeling, slicing, dicing, and portioning.
• Basic and advanced sauce prep to include stocks, salad dressings, vinaigrettes, emulsifications.
• Butchering - processing whole poultry, fish, and primal cuts of larger animals.
• General cleaning to include equipment, floors, walls, coolers, and freezers.
• Dishwashing - all Epicurean kitchen team members wash dishes.
• Line cooking - working with other cooks under the supervision of the chef.
• Plating dishes - presenting food for guests to the chef’s specifications.
• Expediting - assisting chefs in directing the flow of service from the kitchen to the dining room.
• Demonstration cooking - assisting Epicurean chefs and guest chefs with presentations.
• Assist with banquet plate ups, presenting food for guests to the chef’s specifications.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Teamwork

Leadership

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Luminary Hotel & Co in Spartanburg, SC seeks a Sous Chef to lead day-to-day kitchen operations across all F&B outlets, maintaining Autograph Collection standards under Mainsail Lodging & Development. You will support the Executive Chef with staff scheduling, product quality, and safety, while preparing a wide range of dishes and ensuring guest satisfaction in a fast-paced, high-volume setting.

This role requires strong leadership, knife skills, and the ability to work under pressure, with long