Executive Sous Chef — Kitchen Leader & Culinary Innovator

Levy Restaurants; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Levy Restaurants in Omaha, NE is seeking a culinary professional to support the Executive Chef in overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring safety and sanitation, and delivering meals per corporate guidelines.

The role requires 3-5 years of relevant culinary experience, a degree in culinary arts, and strong leadership and communication skills. You\'ll help with planning, inventory, cost controls, and rolling out new culinary programs in collaboration 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

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Sanitation knowledge

Food cost awareness

Team leadership

Creativity

Education

B.S. in Culinary Arts / related field or A.O.S. in Culinary Arts

Job description

Levy Restaurants in Omaha, NE is seeking a culinary professional to support the Executive Chef in overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring safety and sanitation, and delivering meals per corporate guidelines.

The role requires 3-5 years of relevant culinary experience, a degree in culinary arts, and strong leadership and communication skills. You\'ll help with planning, inventory, cost controls, and rolling out new culinary programs in collaboration with marketing and culinary teams.