Executive Sous Chef: Creative Kitchen Leader

Compass Group USA; Madison (NJ); On-site; USD 69,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance/AD

Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Holiday Time Off

Associate Shopping Program

Health and Wellness Programs

Discount Marketplace

Identity Theft Protection

Pet Insurance

Commuter Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Paid Parental Leave

Personal Leave

Job summary

Flik Hospitality, part of Compass Group USA, seeks an experienced culinary leader to support the Executive Chef in overseeing kitchen operations and maintaining a safe, sanitary environment. You will prepare meals per corporate guidelines and lead back-of-house teams to deliver high-quality dishes.

Responsibilities include ensuring sanitation compliance, training staff, controlling costs, and rolling out culinary programs with marketing and culinary teams.

Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Culinary Arts, Food Services Technology/Management or related field; or A.O.S. Degree in Culinary Arts with additional specialized training
• 3-5 years of relevant culinary experience
• Mastery of a wide variety of kitchen positions and stations
• Ability to think on their feet, as well as create, produce, and serve on the fly
• Knowledge of food cost and how it pertains to a kitchen, product and quality identification
• Excellent interpersonal, customer service, and oral/written communication skills
• Applied food service sanitation certification, SERVSAFE, and/or HACCP federal guideline certification
• Demonstrated understanding of current culinary market/trends and creative food presentation preferred

Responsibilities

• Assists Executive Chef to assure compliance with all sanitation, ServSafe, safety, production, and merchandising requirements
• Motivates, trains, develops and directs the back of house employees to accomplish the objectives of the operation to the satisfaction of the customers, clients, and sectors
• Ensures that high quality food items are creatively prepared and presented in a cost effective manner
• Assists in all phases of planning, ordering, inventory, and food preparation
• Supports the management of cost controls and control expenditures for the account
• Rolls out new culinary programs in conjunction with the marketing and culinary teams
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Sanitation knowledge

Food cost awareness

Communication skills

Culinary expertise

Education

B.S. Degree in Culinary Arts

A.O.S. Degree in Culinary Arts

Job description

Flik Hospitality, part of Compass Group USA, seeks an experienced culinary leader to support the Executive Chef in overseeing kitchen operations and maintaining a safe, sanitary environment. You will prepare meals per corporate guidelines and lead back-of-house teams to deliver high-quality dishes.

Responsibilities include ensuring sanitation compliance, training staff, controlling costs, and rolling out culinary programs with marketing and culinary teams.