Head Sous Chef: Lead a World-Class Kitchen Team

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

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.