Enzo Sous Chef

mainsailhotels; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

ITL Group in Atlanta, GA is seeking a hands-on Sous Chef to support the Executive Chef in daily culinary operations, ensure food quality and consistency, and lead kitchen staff. The role emphasizes hospitality, integrity, and teamwork while maintaining high standards in a chef-driven concept.

You will supervise menu execution, uphold operational standards, and step in for the Executive Chef when needed, embodying accountability and collaborative leadership across FOH and BOH teams.

Qualifications

• Ownership & accountability for results—financial, operational, and cultural.
• Leadership by example—professionalism, work ethic, and integrity on the floor and in the kitchen.
• Emotional intelligence and self-awareness—seeking to understand before reacting and accepting feedback.
• Adaptability and problem solving—staying solution-oriented under pressure and anticipating challenges.
• Collaboration between FOH & BOH leadership—working as a unified team to achieve shared goals.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Executive Chef in leadership, coordination, and execution of daily culinary operations.
• Supervises kitchen staff, ensures food quality and consistency, maintains standards, and supports menu execution.
• Acts as a hands-on leader in the kitchen and assumes responsibility in the absence of the Executive Chef.
• Embodies hospitality, integrity, consistency, growth, and teamwork in daily operations.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Food quality control

Culinary operations

Job description

We're looking for enthusiastic, fun, and energetic people who take the work seriously, but not themselves. Let's see if we're a fit. We hope so.

About ITL Group

ITL Group is a hospitality company rooted in chef-driven concepts, thoughtful beverage programs, and genuine guest connection. Our restaurants combine culinary excellence with polished, welcoming service to create memorable dining experiences. Founded in the Town at Trilith, ITL Group operates within a creative, community-focused environment adjacent to Trilith Studios. ITL Group is committed to professionalism, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement across all operations.

The Sous Chef supports the Executive Chef in the leadership, coordination, and execution of daily culinary operations.

This role assists in supervising kitchen staff, ensuring food quality and consistency, maintaining operational standards, and supporting menu execution and development. The Sous Chef serves as a hands‑on leader in the kitchen and assumes responsibility for culinary operations in the absence of the Executive Chef. At ITL Group, leadership is defined not just by results, but by how those results are achieved. All managers and chefs are expected to embody the following qualities, ensuring alignment with our values of hospitality first, integrity and respect, consistency, growth, teamwork.

Ownership & Accountability

• Takes full responsibility for results-financial, operational, and cultural
• Holds self and team accountable to standards without exception
• Addresses issues directly, promptly, and professionally
• Follows through on commitments and communicates outcomes

Leadership Through Example

• Sets the tone for professionalism, work ethic, and integrity
• Demonstrates standards in real time-on the floor and in the kitchen
• Maintains composure under pressure and leads with confidence
• Models the behavior expected from the team

Emotional Intelligence & Self-Awareness

• Seeks to understand before reacting
• Accepts feedback openly and adjusts behavior when needed
• Recognizes that team perception matters and actively works to improve it
• Communicates with clarity, respect, and intention

Adaptability & Problem Solving

• Stays solution-oriented in high-pressure situations
• Adjusts approach based on business needs and guest flow
• Anticipates challenges and acts proactivelyEmbraces change and leads others through it

Collaboration Between FOH & BOH Leadership

• Works as a unified leadership team-no silos
• Aligns on expectations for service, pacing, and execution
• Supports each other's teams to achieve shared goals
• Resolves conflicts professionally and privately

Collaboration Between FOH & BOH Leadership

• Works as a unified leadership team-no silos
• Aligns on expectations for service, pacing, and execution
• Supports each other's teams to achieve shared goals
• Resolves conflicts professionally and privately

Mainsail is an Equal Opportunity Employer and it does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy‑related conditions), gender identity expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, military service and veteran status, political affiliation, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.