Executive Sous Chef- Reliant Park

Aramark; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Aramark is seeking an Executive Sous Chef to oversee culinary staff and drive culinary solutions for production, presentation, and service standards. The role includes managing a culinary team, training staff, and ensuring high-quality food delivery with a focus on safety and margins.

This position requires a culinary degree or 4+ years in management, experience in high-volume events, and flexibility for evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

• Requires a culinary degree or equivalent 4+ years in a management role.
• Experience in high-volume special events strongly preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of the principles and practices within the food profession.
• Ability to maintain effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships.
• Requires strong multitasking, organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
• Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs. and ability to stand for extended periods.
• Must have availability to work event-based hours including evening, weekend, and potentially holiday hours.

Responsibilities

• Oversee culinary staff and ensure alignment to the Executional Framework.
• Maintain high standards for food preparation, presentation, and service.
• Manage a culinary team including chefs and hourly staff to ensure quality in final presentation.
• Train and guide staff to use best-practice food production techniques.
• Foster a shared understanding of targets and how to achieve them.
• Develop client and guest rapport for mutually beneficial relationships.
• Interact directly with guests daily and communicate regional culinary trends.
• Monitor food and labor targets and drive margin improvement.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and company policies.

Skills

Culinary leadership

Kitchen management

Staff training

Food safety

Communication

Education

Culinary degree or equivalent 4+ years management

Job description

Job Description

The Executive Sous Chef is responsible for overseeing culinary staff and developing and executing culinary solutions to meet production, presentation, and service standards. The Executive Sous Chef will apply culinary techniques to food preparation and manage the final presentation and service of food.

Aramark is pleased to offer a competitive compensation package for this role, which includes a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance for candidates outside of the Houston, TX area.

COMPENSATION: The salary range for this position is $80,000 to $83,000. If both numbers are the same, that is the amount that Aramark expects to offer. This is Aramark's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for this position as of the time of posting.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures culinary production appropriately connects to the Executional Framework
• Ensures proper culinary standards and techniques are in place for preparation of food items, including production, presentation, and service standards
• Manages a culinary team, including chef managers and hourly staff, to ensure quality in final presentation of food
• Train and manage culinary and kitchen employees to use best practice food production techniques
• Coach employees by creating a shared understanding about what needs to be achieved and how it is to be achieved
• Reward and recognize employees
• Plan and execute team meetings and daily huddles
• Complete and maintain all staff records including training records, shift opening/closing checklists and performance data
• Develop and maintain effective client and guest rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships
• Interact directly with guests daily
• Aggregate and communicate regional culinary and ingredient trends
• Responsible for delivering food and labor targets
• Consistent focus on margin improvement; understanding performance metrics, data, order, and inventory trends
• Ensure efficient execution and delivery of all culinary products in line with the daily menu
• Maintain integrity of the standard Aramark food offer; responsible for always maintaining food quality and safety of items
• Full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals: managing waste, standard menus, recipes and ingredients through managing customer driven menus and labor standards
• Understand end to end supply chain and procurement process and systems, ensuring only authorized suppliers are used
• Full knowledge and implementation of the Food Framework
• Ensure accuracy of estimated food consumption for appropriate requisitions and/or food purchase
• Ensure proper equipment operation and maintenance
• Ensure compliance with Aramark SAFE food and Quality Assurance standards, occupational and environmental safety policies in all culinary and kitchen operations
• Comply with all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, wage and hour

Qualifications

• Requires a culinary degree or equivalent 4+ years of culinary experience in a management role
• Previous experience in high volume special events culinary operations strongly preferred
• Requires advanced knowledge of the principles and practices within the food profession
• Ability to maintain effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships required
• Requires strong multitasking, organizational, communication, and leadership skills
• Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lbs. and ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Must have availability to work event-based hours including evening, weekend, and potentially holiday hours

About Aramark

Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.

At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.