Executive Sous Chef - Lead Creative, High-Impact Kitchen

Unidine; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance/AD

Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Flexible Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Holiday Time Off

Personal Leave

Associate Shopping Program

Health and Wellness Programs

Discount Marketplace

Identity Theft Protection

Pet Insurance

Commuter Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Job summary

Unidine seeks an experienced culinary professional to support the Executive Chef in overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring safety and sanitation, and delivering high-quality meals in line with corporate guidelines. You will help plan, order, and manage inventory, train staff, and implement cost-control measures while partnering with marketing and culinary teams on new programs.

This role requires a culinary degree or related diploma, 3–5 years of kitchen experience, ServSafe/HACCP

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

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

Culinary experience

Leadership

Communication

Food safety knowledge

Education

Culinary degree or related field

Job description

Unidine seeks an experienced culinary professional to support the Executive Chef in overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring safety and sanitation, and delivering high-quality meals in line with corporate guidelines. You will help plan, order, and manage inventory, train staff, and implement cost-control measures while partnering with marketing and culinary teams on new programs.

This role requires a culinary degree or related diploma, 3–5 years of kitchen experience, ServSafe/HACCP