Freelance Sous Chef — Banquet Ops & Sanitation Expert

Energy Innovation Corp; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 92,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe in Jersey City is seeking a Sous Chef to help shape general kitchen operations. You will handle line cooking and banquet planning, own projects from kickoff to delivery, and ensure sanitation standards are followed while driving high-quality outputs.

The role emphasizes collaboration, adaptability to half-written briefs, and a freelance cadence with a strong pay range of $92,000 - $133,000.

Qualifications

• Solid line cooking grounding and banquet event orders you can pick up on the fly.
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery.
• Strong attention to detail to catch what spell-check misses.
• Team player who lifts up colleagues and shares credit.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written.

Responsibilities

• Respond to internal and external requests in a timely, professional manner
• Juggle unhurried priorities without dropping the ones that matter
• Translate fuzzy stakeholder asks into a crisp Sanitation Standards plan
• Support daily operations at our Jersey City site and keep workflows moving
• Catch the small forward-thinking details that derail general launches
• Defend the Banquet Operations fundamentals when speed tempts everyone to skip them
• Pair Sanitation Standards fluency with the patience to explain it plainly
• Own assigned projects from kickoff through final delivery

Skills

Line cooking

Banquet planning

Project ownership

Attention to detail

Team player

Job description

Stripe in Jersey City is seeking a Sous Chef to help shape general kitchen operations. You will handle line cooking and banquet planning, own projects from kickoff to delivery, and ensure sanitation standards are followed while driving high-quality outputs.

The role emphasizes collaboration, adaptability to half-written briefs, and a freelance cadence with a strong pay range of $92,000 - $133,000.