Head Sous Chef - JOEY Valley Fair

Workstream; California (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life ins.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid vacation and sick leave

Shift meals discount

Job summary

JOEY Restaurants is seeking a Head Sous Chef to lead a high-performing kitchen team and deliver iconic culinary experiences. You will manage labor budgets, uphold strict safety and quality standards, and mentor teammates to achieve growth and excellence.

The role emphasizes teamwork, training, and delivering outstanding guest experiences in a fast-paced environment. Equal opportunity employer and comprehensive benefits provided.

Qualifications

• 3+ years culinary experience (If you have high potential but less experience, we still want to meet you!).
• Must have or be able to obtain valid local and/or state Food Handler and California Responsible Beverage Service certifications.
• Possess a passion for hospitality and a proven track record of creating world-class hospitality experiences.
• Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment.
• Be able to walk and stand for prolonged periods of time; frequent bending, reaching, and stretching; repetitive manual tasks; and lift and carry up to 50lbs.
• They are genuine, warm, and caring.
• They value honesty and conduct themselves with integrity.
• They are comfortable providing and receiving feedback to achieve personal growth and performance excellence.
• They are natural problem solvers with an insatiable desire to positively impact individual and team execution.
• They are passionate about quality and professionalism.
• They possess exceptional relationship building and communication skills.
• They encourage healthy and supportive competition within their team.
• They exude confidence, humility, and respect.
• They take pride in presenting a professional appearance and demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Support your team in the preparation of all ingredients and food products to fulfill prep lists, par levels, and recipe standards.
• Utilize various preparation and cooking methods to ensure the quick, precise creation of our menu items in accordance with JOEY recipes.
• Maintain prep and cooking areas in a clean, sanitary and safe manner.
• Ensure clean, organized, and maintained refrigerators, cooler drawers, ovens, preparation, and dry storage areas.
• Train partners on the instructions and guidelines for safe usage of kitchen equipment and cleaning compounds.
• Fulfill recruitment needs, impact positive candidate experiences, and select and retain your team.
• Support your team in training and development of technical knowledge and world-class execution of JOEY tasks and standards.
• Communicate daily focus and feedback to partners.
• Manage in-store budgets, food costs, and labor.
• Impact the delivery of Iconic Hospitality and coach the kitchen team as needed to fulfill experience standards for our guests.
• Follow all food service and handling safety precautions and procedures.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Hospitality mindset

Staff development

Job description

Annual Salary Range

$90,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Actual salary offer within the listed range may vary based on work experience and other objective factors. The pay range for this position is subject to change and may be modified in the future, in compliance with applicable laws.

Job Overview

As a Head Sous Chef, you will directly contribute to the overall success of a multi-million-dollar restaurant and its people. In this role, you are responsible for leading your team’s deliverables and providing our guests with memorable, consistent, and iconic culinary experiences. You will manage labor budgets, maintain a pristine restaurant environment, and ensure the highest quality products. As a coach and mentor, you will motivate and inspire those around you to directly impact their continuous learning, growth, and development.

Duties

• Support your team in the preparation of all ingredients and food products to fulfill prep lists, par levels, and recipe standards.
• Utilize various preparation and cooking methods to ensure the quick, precise creation of our menu items in accordance with JOEY recipes. Wash, chop, cut, grill, roast, sauté, fry, etc. Coordinate with other stations as needed.
• Maintain prep and cooking areas in a clean, sanitary and safe manner.
• Ensure clean, organized, and maintained refrigerators, cooler drawers, ovens, preparation, and dry storage areas, etc.
• Train partners on the instructions and guidelines for safe usage of kitchen equipment and cleaning compounds. Report on equipment problems and maintenance issues immediately.
• Fulfill recruitment needs, impact positive candidate experiences, and select and retain your team.
• Support your team in training and development of technical knowledge and world-class execution of JOEY tasks and standards.
• Communicate daily focus and feedback to partners.
• Manage in-store budgets, food costs, and labor.
• Impact the delivery of Iconic Hospitality and coach the kitchen team as needed to fulfill experience standards for our guests.
• Follow all food service and handling safety precautions and procedures.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years culinary experience (If you have high potential but less experience, we still want to meet you!).
• Must have or be able to obtain valid local and/or state Food Handler and California Responsible Beverage Service certifications.
• Possess a passion for hospitality and a proven track record of creating world-class hospitality experiences.
• Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment.
• Be able to walk and stand for prolonged periods of time; frequent bending, reaching, and stretching; repetitive manual tasks; and lift and carry up to 50lbs.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Successful employees at JOEY are genuine, warm, and caring.
• They value honesty and conduct themselves with integrity.
• They are comfortable providing and receiving feedback to achieve personal growth and performance excellence.
• They are natural problem solvers with an insatiable desire to positively impact individual and team execution.
• They are passionate about quality and professionalism.
• They possess exceptional relationship building and communication skills.
• They encourage healthy and supportive competition within their team.
• They exude confidence, humility, and respect.
• They take pride in presenting a professional appearance and demeanor.

Benefits

• Career development, education, and growth opportunities.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, medical reimbursement plan, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for benefit-eligible partners.
• Discounted employee shift meals.
• 10% discount for self and guests on all food and beverages when visiting any JOEY location.
• Discounted clothing retailer partnerships.
• Referral bonus program.
• Sales competitions and rewards.
• Paid vacation.
• Paid sick leave.

JOEY Restaurants is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

We are committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state, and local ordinances.

This job posting highlights essential responsibilities and requirements of the job and is for illustrative purposes only. There may be additional duties, responsibilities, and qualifications for this job.

JOEY Restaurant Group has an internal recruitment department and will not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. Unsolicited resumes sent to JOEY, its employees, and databases, will be considered the property of JOEY Restaurant Group. External recruitment agencies must establish a fully executed service agreement with JOEY’s Human Resources department to submit resumes. JOEY will not pay fees to employment agencies who do not have an agreement in place. For contract inquiries please submit your request to [e-mail].

The JOEY Restaurant Group is an equal employment opportunity employer of all qualified individuals, including minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.