Executive Sous Chef

Beck's Cajun Cafe; Chinatown (PA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading café in Chinatown is seeking an Executive Sous Chef to help manage operations on the Executive Chef's days off. This role involves leading staff, creating special menus, and maintaining quality control in a vibrant kitchen. The café, featuring Southern cuisine, operates seven days a week and offers an excellent salary and opportunities for upward mobility.

Benefits

Upward mobility

Benefits included

Qualifications

• Chef with creativity and dedication to quality.
• Ability to mentor and lead staff effectively.
• Experience in managing production, labor, and inventory.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the café during Executive Chef's absence.
• Create menu specials and motivate staff.
• Maintain quality control and manage food costs.

Skills

Cooking

Management

Leadership

Job description

Executive Sous Chef
Seeking a Sous chef with cooking and management skills who can take the lead on the Executive chef's days off, maintain quality control, and manage the cafe's production, labor/inventory.
We're launching our first two food trucks this Spring!

Job Details:

• Creating menu specials, motivating and mentoring staff, and containing food and labor costs.
• This position is for a creative and dedicated leader committed to maintaining quality-focused standards at a small café with high sales volume during breakfast and lunch service.
• Our recently expanded open kitchen café features Southern cuisine made from scratch.
• We are open seven days a week from 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. in Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market.
• This position is predominantly 5 days a week, not many evenings, with an average work week of 55 - 60 hours.
• We offer upward mobility for the ambitious chef.
• Excellent salary and bonus system for the right candidate.
• Reply with a cover letter and references.

Base Salary: $55,000-60,000 with benefits.